Richard Nixon

Trump tweets video with 'white power' chant, then deletes it

Trump conduct ‘beyond anything Nixon did’: House impeachment chair

9:41 am November 22, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump went beyond anything done by disgraced predecessor Richard Nixon in withholding military aid from Ukraine to demand dirt on a potential 2020 rival, the Democratic chair of the House impeachment panel alleged Thursday. “What we’ve seen here is far more serious than a third-rate burglary of the Democratic headquarters,” House Intelligence […]

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Risks for all sides as Trump impeachment hearings swing open

1:23 pm November 13, 2019

Washington: The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open. When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing Wednesday morning, America and the rest of the world will have the chance to see and hear for themselves for the first time about President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine and […]

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Chris Pine to star in film about Richard Nixon lawyer John Dean

7:15 pm August 20, 2019

Los Angeles: Actor Chris Pine is set to portray John Dean, the former counsel to US president Richard Nixon, in a new film. The untitled project hails from Amazon Studios which recently acquired the pitch and is developing the movie with Dean. Dean, who served as Nixon’s counsel at the White House from 1970 to […]

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Watergate figure Dean details Trump-Nixon parallels

Watergate figure Dean details Trump-Nixon parallels

2:00 pm June 11, 2019

Washington: John Dean, the White House lawyer who helped bring about the Watergate downfall of Richard Nixon, has told Congress that there are “remarkable” similarities between the former president’s illegal behaviour and alleged acts of obstruction by Donald Trump. Dean told the House Judiciary Committee on Monday that the Mueller report, which outlines 10 possible […]

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