GOP/IMPEACHMENT/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, whose actions during the Russia investigation have prompted comparisons to the Watergate scandal, drew a distinction between himself and President Richard Nixon on Monday [6-10-19]: ‘He left. I don’t leave. A big difference.’ He made the comment on the same day that John Dean, the former Nixon White House counsel, appeared before the House Judiciary Committee for a hearing on special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, which outlined possible obstruction of justice by Trump. Dean testified that he saw ‘remarkable parallels’ between Nixon’s actions and Trump’s. The president spoke to reporters a short while later from the South Lawn of the White House and answered questions about the possibility of impeachment…Dean testified to the Senate Watergate Committee in 1973. Having coordinated the cover-up of the Watergate burglary, the former Nixon aide was instrumental in providing evidence that led to Nixon’s resigning before he could be impeached.”
–Pia Deshpande, “Trump on impeachment and Nixon: ‘He left. I don’t leave.’,” Politico, June 10, 2019 8:30 pm