Ex-Virginia deputy AG: John Dean testimony shows public looking for 'barometer' on Trump actions
Stephen Cobb was a recent guest on two segments of Hill.TV. First, in discussing John Dean’s congressional testimony this week. He said that bringing Nixon’s former White House Counsel in front of Congress shows that the public is looking to measure President Trump's actions up against the Nixon administration's during the Watergate scandal. “People are looking for some barometer for which to measure the president’s actions. For some, they keep harkening back to the times of Nixon, so they want to bring somebody in who can say, 'This is better, this is worse, this is similar.'” Then, in discussing the potential for the testimony of Robert Mueller before the House Judiciary Committee, he added “I think Mueller is a consummate professional and I think he said everything that he did have to say in his report. When he gave his press conference he made very clear that he did not intend to speak on this again and if he did speak on it again, those comments would not extend beyond the four corners of his report…. Ultimately, calling Mueller before the Judiciary Committee would not be fruitful.”