jam fallows journalist since 1972 cover watergate scandal know talk about.and fallows say donald trump ongoing ever-growing russia scandal bad watergate every american take notice.that exactly fallows new article atlantic publish friday.fallows remember watergate scandal clearly despite fact unfold 45 years ago.the scandal know watergate scandal president richard nixon goons break democratic national committee offices watergate hotel.nixon try cover crime repeatedly lie refuse cooperate investigations go far fire archibald cox special prosecutor assign investigation cox want nixon release white house record nixon refuse nixon want cox back cox refuse nixon fire downhill nixon supreme court order release tap damn nixon resign could impeached.but trump russia scandal bad base simply know far scandal look bad watergate fallows write bad president bad overall national interest bad suggest american democratic system ability defend fallows point watergate mere burglary effort find information nixon political opponents trump scandal hand nothing less attack authoritarian foreign government fundamentals american democracy interfere election part sustain effort include parallel interference unite kingdom france germany elsewhere bad efforts might actually change election result least mean destroy trust democracy much fully understand prove potential stake incomparably great happen watergate crime cover-up alike.fallows compare nixon fire cox trump fire fbi director jam comey.while nixon pay lip-service concept due process checks-and-balances least act like stick recognizable rule trump openly disdain flout rule nothing donald trump do campaign trail office express awareness respect establish rule fallows continue nixon private comment could vile nothing say public comparable trump dismiss jam comey showboat thuggishly menace tweet trump send today tweet fallows reference clear threat trump aim comey effort keep speak press.james comey good hope tap conversations start leak press donald j. trump realdonaldtrump may 12 2017and nixon dark complex person deeply knowledgeable publicly discipline possess political strategic intelligence trump repeatedly prove impulsive ignorant apparently beyond reach control even also bad trump russia scandal way republicans circle wagons around trump make attempt attempt bury investigations misconduct.while republicans like jason chaffetz mitch mcconnell devin nunes try sabotage investigations trump behalf republicans like charles wiggins barry goldwater howard baker put country party side nixon.the republicans turn nixon remember right thing country need today republicans remember nothing country burn grind fallows even point would take three brave republicans senate join democrats get truly independent investigation rolling.the question whether actually care country constitution integrity office presidency enough so.our country need heroes ever republicans could heroes would stop cowards stop trump puppets.featured image olivier douliery-pool/getty image watergate reporter say trump russia scandal way bad watergate detail