Watergate's John Dean on Cohen filing: Congress will have to 'start impeachment proceedings'

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Watergate's John Dean on Cohen filing: Congress will have to 'start impeachment proceedings'
By Brooke Seipel - 12/07/18 08:51 PM EST


John Dean, a key figure in the Watergate scandal, says allegations made against President Trump in a bombshell court filing released Friday are evidence enough for Congress to begin impeachment proceedings.

Dean's comments were made in an appearance on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront" shortly after the memo in a case involving Trump's former longtime attorney Michael Cohen was released by federal prosecutors in New York.

One of the most shocking revelations in the filing — which recommends prison time for Cohen, despite his cooperation with federal prosecutors and special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation — is Cohen's claim that he was instructed by Trump to approve payments that violated campaign finance law.

Asked by Burnett about those illegal payments, Dean said Friday that Cohen "implicated Trump directly,” and it could lead to impeachment proceedings.

“I don’t know that this will forever disappear into some dark hole of unprosecutable presidents,” Dean, Nixon’s former White House counsel said. “I think it will resurface in the Congress. I think what this totality of today’s filings show that the House is going to have little choice the way this is going other than to start impeachment proceedings.”

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