in a matter of day the president's former attorney, so-called fixer, michael cohen, could face criminal charges related to possible fraud and campaign finance violations. the fact that former trump campaign chairman paul manafort is on trial on charges that could land him behind bars for the rest of his life if convicted. and the fact that, so far, the special counsel, robert mueller, has brought a total of 191 criminal charges against 35 defendants. there have been five guilty pleas. those are the facts. that is truth. and the president cannot distract and deflect from that. facts matter. now i want to bring in a man who knows exactly what can happen when a president doesn't want you to tell the truth. cnn contributor john dean was nixon white house counsel. he joins us now. thank you so much. good evening to you. >> thank you, don. >> so the president called you a rat in a tweet today.