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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho was John Mitchell?..Do you know? It seems like...Micheal Cohen is John Mitchell..
Is Michael Cohen a reincarnation of John Mitchell?? Yes, in some ways they look alike..
John Newton Mitchell (September 15, 1913 November 9, 1988) was the 67th Attorney General of the United States (19691972) under President Richard Nixon. Prior to that, he had been a municipal bond lawyer, director of Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign, and one of Nixon's closest personal friends.
After his tenure as U.S. Attorney General, he served as director of Nixon's 1972 presidential campaign. Due to multiple crimes he committed in the Watergate affair, Mitchell was sentenced to prison in 1977 and served 19 months.
...top friend of Nixon...19 months
...top friend of Trump..36 months.
........................of course....John Mitchel was the top law enforcement office of the U.S.A. and he
served 19 months in prison. Somehow the movie looks like a re-run. But of course it isn't. This one is updated, and new. It contains info that the other one did not have. Like another nation involved. Lot's of spies and lots of new crooks and games. Yes, Nixon did not involve his children, but that is, as some game players and movie goers say, "a minor issue." When does Trump say, "I am not a crook?"...oh...he said it already..May have missed that part of the movie..I am somewhat ..older now. I may have slept through that part of the movie...sorry...
GWC58
(2,678 posts)Martha Mitchell. A real card was that woman. I was gonna say lady, then thought better of it. 🤔🥴🤪
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)But managed to redeem himself by providing evidence against Mitchell and others.
After John Dean was sentenced, he didn't go straight to jail either, he went to go work with the special counsel and eventually got a reduced sentence of 4 months for his work.
Stuart G
(38,403 posts)I don't recall that part. But you are correct, John Dean was no angel and he did get a reduced sentence. He is a regular talker/expert on some news shows now. Do you think Michael Cohen will get a job like that after he serves his time?..This indeed is a strange movie/TV show. Maybe I had better go back to sleep.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Then he came back as a critic of conservativism, and now as an expert on Presidential conspiracies. I could see Cohen do something similar.
Yes it's it true they didn't raid Dean's office. But he was involved in everything from initial planning to running point for the coverup, so he knew where the bodies were buried. Cohen seems to have had his finger in everything too. And Dean, like Cohen, only flipped when he knew Nixon was turning against him, rather than due to a pure change of heart.