Trump Pounces On John Dean As A ‘CNN Sleazebag Attorney’ On Eve Of Hearing

on September 7, 2018 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 07: John Dean, former White House counsel to President Nixon, is sworn in during a hearing on the nomination of federal appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice on th... WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 07: John Dean, former White House counsel to President Nixon, is sworn in during a hearing on the nomination of federal appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, in the Hart Senate Office Building on September 7, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kavanaugh was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy on the court left by retiring Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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During a typical tirade against House Democrats on Sunday evening, President Trump took aim at a new character: the former White House counsel under President Richard Nixon.

John Dean is set to testify during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Monday afternoon as part of a series of panels discussing the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. The hearings come as Democrats grapple with moving forward on impeachment.

Trump slammed Dean as a “CNN sleazebag attorney” and scolded Democrats for wanting a “Redo, or Do Over.”

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  1. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    Yet again President Projection … Projects.

    Sleazy and spending time on everything but “working” (unless watching tv and holding fabricated twitter rages and pressers is now considered the primary work of the U.S. Presidency.)

  2. ты скучный, мой товарищ.

  3. “They are even bringing in @CNN sleazebag attorney John Dean. Sorry, no Do Overs – Go back to work!”

    At first glance you'd think it must really grind on Trump he lost the House and has absolutely no say on what they do, including a "do-over" on the Mueller report. But actually I don't think he should be especially upset about Nadler.Schiff/Pelosi, et al. It's not like they are doing too damned much to really threaten him anyway. Trump will be re-elected by the time Nadler brings any proceedings to a head, and then Trump has four more years of immunity.
  4. A president, absent congressional oversight, is no longer a president; he’s a DICTATOR.

  5. Yes, and those feigning oversight are dictator enablers.

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