Veteran journalist Carl Bernstein reacted to President Trump evoking the Watergate scandal by remarking on how the commander in chief has had “remarkable success” in sowing distrust nationwide in the federal investigation, which is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Trump brought up the controversy that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974 Thursday morning while tweeting about unverified reports that the FBI had a mole inside his presidential campaign.