JOHN W. DEAN - SPECIAL COVER SIGNED - HFSID 288120

JOHN W. DEAN
His ink signature bearing a photocopy of a news article about his life post-Watergate
Special Cover signed: "John Dean", 6¼x4½. Ink signature on an envelope bearing a photocopy of an undated news article (with photo) about the lives of John Dean and his wife Maureen in Los Angeles, where he was a successful investment banker. Postmarked Washington, D.C., August 9, 1986, two US stamps affixed. John Dean (b. 1938) was White House Counsel from 1970-1973, called by the FBI the "Master manipulator of the [Watergate] cover-up". He broke ranks with the administration, however, testifying before the Senate Watergate committee (June 1973) about the President's involvement, charges later confirmed by the White House tapes. In exchange for testifying for the prosecution in several trials, he was charged with only a single felony, serving a 4-month minimum security sentence. Disbarred, he found a new career as an LA-based investment banker, as noted in the article on this envelope. He early books, beginning with Blind Ambition (1976), involved him in several disputes with other Watergate figures. Since retiring from business in 2000, he has written several more, becoming increasingly critical of the current Republican Party and his leaders. Calling himself a "Goldwater conservative," a libertarian tradition he claims his former party has abandoned, Dean called for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Lightly toned around edges. Ink note (unknown hand) on verso. Fine condition.