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Oct 14, 1938 Akron, Ohio, United States 85 years old
American lawyer, politician
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About John Dean
- John Wesley Dean III (born October 14, 1938) is a former attorney who served as White House Counsel for United States President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973.
- Dean is known for his role in the cover-up of the Watergate scandal and his subsequent testimony to Congress as a witness.
- His guilty plea to a single felony in exchange for becoming a key witness for the prosecution ultimately resulted in a reduced sentence, which he served at Fort Holabird outside Baltimore, Maryland.
- After his plea, he was disbarred as an attorney.
- According to the FBI, Dean was the "master manipulator" of the Watergate affair. Shortly after the Watergate hearings, Dean wrote about his experiences in a series of books and toured the United States to lecture.
- He later became a commentator on contemporary politics, a book author, and a columnist for FindLaw's Writ. Dean had originally been a proponent of Goldwater conservatism, but he later became a critic of the Republican Party.
- Dean has been particularly critical of the party's support of Presidents George W.
- Bush and Donald Trump, and of neoconservatism, strong executive power, mass surveillance, and the Iraq War.
