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Truth? >> i happen to believe that he did have knowledge. >> so i talked to deep throat, unknown for 33 years who you got to talk to alexander butterfield. >> he had this key role in the haldeman-nixon circle. and he was in charge of what is called internal security, which means wiretapping. >> i was the deputy white house chief of staff, chief administrative officer, and director of internal security. >> i then said to sam dash, youve got to interview alexander butterfield. >> we put butterfiel...

Executive privilege forries goodrich white house officials will testify before the special senate committee investigating the bugging and break-in of democratic national headquarters last june. there was a dramatic change on his previous silence and his refusal to let white house aides testify. >> i was told very early i was looked at as a witness, and he said i think you should get i mount and ill go to the senate and get it. >> sam dash says that don was will to talk to us. were not going to d...

And nixon was fascinated by the memoirs of the people like de gaulle and others, and wanted to show himself as a great world leader. >> the president did tell me at one point, along with haldeman, that no one was to ever learn about this taping system. >> alex butterfield had indeed confirmed my suspicion that i had been recorded. but more than my conversations had been recorded. everybodys conversations had been recorded. i was delighted to learn this information. >> one last question. one ther...

American-of-american flag. there would be some. >> he has to convince the american people that the system is work and if part of the system broke down, another group can come in and make sure that it runs correctly. >> howard baker was the vice chair, senator from tennessee, a conservative republican. >> and the chief counsel of the committee was a fellow named sam dash. he was looking for three people to run the investigations, i had no idea that this was going to go this high. no idea. >> our ...

>> or was john dean telling the truth? >> he did have knowledge. >> i talked to mark, deep throat. unknown for 33 years. who it was. you have to talk to alex butter field. he had a key role in the circle. and he was in charge of is called internal security. which means wiretapping. >> i was the deputy white house chief of staff. chief administrative officer and director of internal security. >> i then said to sam dash, you have to interview alexander. >> we put him before the committee. i think ...

Fifty years from now, when Americans look back on the riotous break-in at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will it have as much impact as memories of the Watergate scandal continue to have today?

Whether youre applying a different standard between presidents? >> it began with actual perjury and we believe intimidation of witnesses in a judicial proceeding. thats another question. what president clinton had to face was a civil action, civil rights action and he had to be honest. he had to settle the case which he should have done or conduct himself lawfully which he didnt. i dont think anyone disputes he committed perjury and here was the crescendo, what we reached, and this was with the ...

Their efforts. because they cant win on the issues so theyre going to try and argue process. >> we were all impressed by the performance of barry burke, the state counsel the other day. and i know were not politicians because were not there, but all these members of these committees especially senior members who earned their seniority want their five minutes. but the problem is its like basketball, its always going to the other side for five minutes and the republicans have no interest in cohere...

Route you will. but there are members who spent hours, days, months in this hearing from witnesses, listening to information and reading. and sometimes they do have a right to participate in these hearings, but how do they do it? whos going to ask what question? what points are you trying to make to the american people? >> let me ask you congresswoman, youve earned your position on that committee, those are hard assignments to get. how would the members react to the idea of a coherent investigat...

From the get-go. just very briefly, sean, when questions were raised back during my investigation that ohb you are a republican, i reached out specifically to the other side of the aisle because the appearance of fairness and evenhandedness in the administration, its very, very important. so we brought in sam dash of watergate fame on the democratic side, brought in a deputy, registered democrat, voted for president clinton. its important to give the public assurances that what you are doing is ...