Former White House counsel John Dean said late Monday that he believes President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE has gone further to obstruct justice than former President Nixon.

"I think Trump is Nixon on steroids and stilts," Dean said during an interview on CNN.

Dean said during the interview he thinks the country is witnessing a "very public obstruction of justice."

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"He, as I see it, has already exceeded everything that Nixon did," Dean said, referring to Trump.

"He's really much more intimately involved than Nixon ever was in the cover-up."

Dean said he sees a "very different profile" with Trump.

"Nixon was behind closed doors, so everyone was surprised when there were recordings of it," Dean said.

"Trump is just right out front on it and he's doing it very publicly."

His comments come after Trump over the weekend took to Twitter to lash out at special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE's probe into Russia's election interference and possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Trump has repeatedly dismissed the investigation as a "witch hunt" and denied collusion.

The White House has insisted there are no plans to fire Mueller even as Trump continues to attack the probe.

--This report was updated at 8:07 a.m.