Ehrlichman warns Nixon of impeachment if Dean is “totally out of control” 40 years ago this hour (1973)

1970s, U.S. Presidents, Watergate


Video: Apr. 25, 1973 (at 6:26)

(Wednesday, April 25, 1973, 11:06 a.m. EST; during the Watergate scandal) — “If (White House Counsel John) Dean (who is currently talking to prosecutors) is totally out of control,” Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs John Ehrlichman told U.S. President Richard Nixon today, “you could get an article of impeachment.” White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman later remembered that Nixon looked stunned.