John Dean example haunts Trump but may guide McGahn with Mueller
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Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian, talks with Rachel Maddow about John Dean's legal fate in the Watergate scandal, the parallels to his story in the Trump scandals, and lessons current White House counsel Don McGahn might take to avoid Dean's fate.Aug. 21, 2018
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