Has the Jan. 6 committee finally found its John Dean?

[Nevilledog]

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Greg Sargent
@ThePlumLineGS
No, Trump didn't "believe" 2020 was stolen. He wasn't "crazy" or a "sore loser." He wasn't just "enjoying the attack on TV." Above all, the 1/6 hearings must cut through the fog of media euphemism. Trump staged an insurrection, and the GOP was complicit:

washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Has the Jan. 6 committee finally found its John Dean?
How the committee's hearings might achieve a meaningful public breakthrough.
8:54 AM · Jun 9, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/09/jan-6-committee-hearings-john-dean-witnesses/

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With the House committee hearings examining Donald Trump’s insurrection set to kick off Thursday night, the question must be asked: Is another John Dean moment actually possible?

Such a moment would achieve heightened, bipartisan recognition that Trump and his co-conspirators committed an extraordinary crime against our political order and way of life, one that demands introspection and extensive reform.

Dean’s performance during the Watergate hearings will be hard to match. John W. Dean III, as President Richard M. Nixon’s White House counsel, riveted the country with testimony about extensive corruption, including perjury, document shredding and obstruction of justice, captured in his line that the scandal was “a cancer on the presidency.”

But some of the witnesses who might testify at the hearings examining the events of Jan. 6, 2021, might still produce moments that break through in a meaningful way. The possibilities being reported suggest surprises are coming:

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[edhopper]

1. There have been multiple "John Deans" throughout the Trump Presidency

the difference between 1974 and now is the GOP doesn't care what anyone says or what the truth is. Party over Country every time.

[crickets]

2. +1 for the twitter thread. K&R for visibility.

[Stuart G]

3. K and R...Thanks for posting..

[Wounded Bear]

4. K & R...we can only hope...nt