contain my archives. it s magazines, newspaper articles, depositions, documents. everything relating to watergate. i was 31 when i went to the nixon white house to work. i have no intention of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do. the job forever changed the trajectory of my life. we re not on the road to fascism. but we re dangerously close to it. these are the events that are going to follow me to my grave. i told the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency. we will never give up, we will never concede. we will stop the steal. here we are, 50 years later, at the events of watergate are as relevant as they have ever been. there will not be a cover-up, there will not be an abuse of power. weapons of mass destruction. open up, you traitor! my name is john dean. i was richard nixon s white house counsel. the morning of june 17th, 1972, i got a call saying they ve got this strange, weird burglary in the dem
in washington. many have tried to dissect the events of watergate. i lived them. this room and the next contain my archives. it s magazines and newspaper articles, depositions, documents, everything related to watergate. i was 31 when i went to the nixon white house to work. i had no intention of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do. the job forever changed the trajectory of my life. we re not on the road to fascism, but we re dangerously close to it. these are the events that are going to follow me to my grave. i told the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency. we will never give up. we will never concede. we will stop the steal. here we are 50 years later, and the events of watergate are as relevant as they have ever been. there will not be a cover-up. there will not be an abuse of power. weapons of mass destruction. my name is john dean. i was richard nixon s white house counsel. the morning of
national election. we had left the 1960 election, which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy with bitterness. in a sense, the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demons that he always had within him to play during elections. it s about lust for power and absence of morality. it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this, whatever it takes. when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. i told the american people i did not trade arms for hostages. there will not be a cover-up. there will not be an abuse of power in this office. when you have a president who thinks he can do anything he develop weapons of mass destruction. i just want 11,780 votes. and that s really when you reach a tipping point in a democracy. that s how dictators come to power. . within hours of the arrests at the watergate, the nixon white house started covering up. i was the desk officer of the cover-up. i get the information and g
this room and the next contain my archives. it s magazines and newspaper articles, depositions, documents, everything relating to watergate. i was 31 when i went to the nixon white house to work. i have no intention of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do. the job forever changed the trajectory of my life. we re not on the road to fascism, but we re dangerously close to it. these are the events that are going to follow me to my grave. i told the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency. we will never give up. we will never concede. we will stop the steal. here we are 50 years later, and the events of watergate are as relevant as they have ever been. there will not be a cover-up. there will not be an abuse of power. weapons of mass destruction. my name is john dean. i was richard nixon s white house counsel. the morning of june 17th, 1972, i got a call saying they have got this strange weird burglary in th
thank you. top of a brand new hour on cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. happening now, former trump add v adviser peter navarro is in court. he refused to cooperate with the investigation, and was arrested by the fbi earlier today. cnn s senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid is on this story. so let s start by just reminding everyone of the information that navarro has that the committee wants and how investigators got to this indictment. well, victor, navarro was subpoenaed by the house select committee investigating january 6th. back in february, they specifically requested testimony and documents related to plans he was hatching with another trump adviser, steve bannon to delay the certification of the election results. navarro has been very public about his efforts to undermine the outcome of the 2020 election. he even wrote about this plan in a book that he published not too long ago. he refers to the plan as