John Dean, former White House counsel to former President Nixon, predicted that first Thursday President Trump
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“From personal experience, I assure you that, as a crown witness, you will not go to court seven times if they do not intend to sue those you know about. It’s just a matter of how many days until DA Vance sues Donald & Co, ”Dean wrote on Twitter.
From personal experience as a crown witness, I assure you that you will not come to the prosecutor’s office seven times if they do not intend to sue those you know about. It’s just a matter of how many days until DA Vance Donald & Co. sues https://t.co/OaqribQBQO
– John W. Dean (@JohnWDean) March 10, 2021
On Wednesday, it was reported that Cohen had met with the Manhattan DA office for the seventh time as part of a criminal investigation into Trump’s finances. Cohen is expected to attend an eighth meeting in the near future.
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. (D) conducts an extensive investigation into Trump’s family business and finances.
The probe examines various aspects of Trump’s finances and businesses. It was reported Tuesday that the DA’s Manhattan office was intensifying its investigation into Trump, with particular reference to his Seven Springs estate in New York. Previous reports have indicated that Vance wants to know if the property’s value has risen too much to reap more benefits from financial institutions.
The prosecutor’s office received Trump’s tax returns from his accounting firm, Mazars USA, last month after a lengthy legal dispute over access to the documents. The development came after the Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch effort by Trump’s lawyers to protect the documents from the investigation.
Dean served as a star witness in the 1973 Senate proceedings regarding the Watergate scandal, explaining during his testimony how White House officials, including Nixon, obstructed justice to cover up the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
Dean was later convicted of obstruction of justice and spent four months in prison, after which he published two books on his role in the Watergate scandal.