Opinion: The essential difference between Nixon and Trump, according to John Dean
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John Dean, former White House counsel for the Nixon administration, speaks with CNN Opinion about how Watergate shaped his own life, why it continues to be a durable metaphor for corruption in America and why this 50th anniversary feels different to him than all the others in the passage of time since the scandal the resulted in the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon.
Having tried and failed to convince his boss that the Watergate scandal was, as he famously put it, a "cancer" for the American presidency that was "growing daily," Dean -- who knew he had been set up to take the fall for the corruption -- realized, "I'm going to be the one who has to blow this all up."
After recent burglaries at homes of professional athletes – including Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce – the NFL and NBA have issued security memos to teams and players warning that “organized and skilled groups” are increasingly targeting players’ residences for such crimes.