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David Gergen: “Historians are going to look back and say this was another John Dean moment, when someone went and opened the curtain to…”

On the recordOctober 21, 2019
Historians are going to look back and say this was another John Dean moment, when someone went and opened the curtain to what we could see of a president of the United States, the mendacity we have seen here.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen compares the current situation to historical moments of presidential accountability, emphasizing the significance of the evidence against Trump.

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