John Dean, White House counsel for Richard Nixon, said he expects charges to be brought against Donald Trump this week because of the overwhelming case made by the House select committee.
The January 6 committee will vote on whether to recommend to the Department of Justice that Donald Trump be charged with insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy to defraud the United States.
The report is expected to be released on Wednesday.
Dean told Fredricka that Monday will be a historic day because of the vote. He believes that the panel has a case to bring to the DOJ and that he would be surprised if no charges were filed.
They have a lot more evidence than we know. From their ten hearings, we know what they have said.
Even if they did not do Trump, there are many others. In our system, we have not prosecuted a former president. There are repercussions from that. There are legal ramifications from that.
Nixon resigned after his involvement in Watergate began to be looked into.
Dean, who was appointed by Nixon to head the Watergate scandal investigation, said that the Senate Watergate committee didn't venture this far when they were investigating Nixon. Unlike Nixon, who was pardoned after the Watergate scandal, Trump has already announced his candidacy for the presidency.
It's difficult to read his decision to run for president as anything other than a defense of sorts that would cast the efforts to prosecute him in a very political light. He would like it that way. He could draw attention to his base and say that they don't want him to win the presidency again.
Dean isn't sure if his presidential bid will shield him from legal consequences. I'm not sure if he'll get the nomination again, but this gives him some political cover which should not matter in a court of law.
"I think it's important that our presidents don't abuse their power and use it to corrupt the election process," Dean said.
The representatives for Trump did not reply immediately.
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