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They are somebody special. how do you prosecute a president? how does a president get a fair trial? these are serious issues. >> before i went in for my sentencing, i had been in witness protection program. i had testified. i had no idea what sirica would do. i was a little surprised when he gave me one to four years. >> for john dean, the anticipation ended and his prison sentence began as he was delivered to the u.s. courthouse in the custody of u.s. marshals. >> the facility that they placed ...

Letter, actually two of them, had i resigned, i would be admitting to whatever they claimed i was admitting to. i later learned they were drafted by ehrlichman, and that didnt surprise me. i understood how the white house worked, that people at the top didnt take responsibility, but rather blamed somebody else. create a scapegoat. >> was standard operating procedure. i made it very clear i wouldnt consider signing either of them. after that conversation, i realize i have failed to convince my co...

When nixons tapes were released, i knew that this would straighten everything out, because i knew they would corroborate my testimony. and there was just no question in my mind that the nixon presidency was over. it was just a question of time. >> to hear nixon talking like a mobster to his mobster colleagues, it was a revelation. thats part of why leon jaworski, the first time he heard the first tape, he knew that we needed to get more tapes for the trial of haldeman, ehrlichman and mitchell th...

Criminal law. i had needed a trial lawyer, from the southern district of new york who is now primarily a defense attorney. i had asked charlie to come into my office and lets figure out who has done what and who has what exposure. and it was magruder, mitchell, haldeman, ehrlichman, and yours truly. i took that list to haldeman trying to convince him one last time that indeed we were all in trouble. he said john, well be very careful. one the toothpaste is out of the tube, its very hard to get b...

Ehrlichman. i knew at the time that i was blowing up my career, my future. i knew id be living with this for a long time. >> he has agreed to testify for the prosecution and later trials, and sirica will not sentence him until those trials are over. >> was i in a fight with the president of the united states? you bet i was. and not one i had chosen, but one that he made inevitable. lemons. lemons, lemons, lemons. look how nice they are. the moment you become an expedia member,

President, h.r. haldeman, his chief of staff, and john ehrlichman, his chief domestic adviser have resigned. >> that became big headlines, and it was one of the pivoting points of watergate. >> in one of the most difficult decisions of my presidency, i accepted the resignations of two of my closest associates in the white house. bob haldeman, john ehrlichman. >> why was the president getting rid of his closest advisers? you have one or two explanations. one, the president was not in control of h...

End the cover-up. secrets and lies are far too common in politics, and i have from my experience learned in the long run they dont work. the truth has its own way of coming out and will come out. the week of april 14, 15, 1973 is when the watergate cover-up imploded. i had talked to haldeman and ehrlichman, the fact that i thought we were breaking the law, and i showed particularly ehrlichman being a lawyer the statute that was involved and why i thought we were violating it. he said "i disagree...

And i thought at this moment well, maybe hes recording this. im stunned. and i realize that he indeed is much deeper in this thing than i thought. the next day the president called me to the oval office. as the door was being opened for me to walk in to the oval office, walking out of the opposite side of the oval office and chuckling were haldeman and ehrlichman. it was one of my interesting meetings with the president. he said ive drafted up some letters. why dont you take a look, which he sli...

And ehrlichman were concerned, that we were in a growing pitched battle where they were going to try to take me down, and to solve this problem, im going have to take them down. i knew at the time that i was blowing up my career, my future. but i decided i would prepare a statement. it says some may hope or think ill become a scapegoat in the watergate case. anyone who believes this does not know me, know the true facts, nor understand our system of justice. im publicly stating im not going to b...