John Dean warns that tax fraud was a part of Nixon's impeachment case — and might lead to Trump's

Former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean drew parallels between Nixon and President Donald Trump's latest scandal involving his family's history of tax fraud.

The New York Times released a detailed report alleging that Trump is not the self-made millionaire he claims to be and that his family participated in several tax fraud schemes.

"This came up in the Nixon years, and it became actually a part of his impeachment proceedings where they considered an article of impeachment for him cheating on his taxes," Dean said. "The public got it. They got tax fraud. They didn't understand all the nuances of obstruction of justice but the man on the street understood not paying taxes."

He added, "Let me put another historical spin on this for you. Nixon's most famous denial was, 'I'm not a crook,' and that related directly to his tax returns."

Watch the video below via CNN.