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Roy Marcus Cohn ( / koʊn / KOHN; February 20, 1927 – August 2, 1986) was an American lawyer and prosecutor who came to prominence for his role as Senator Joseph McCarthy 's chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954, when he assisted McCarthy's investigations of supposed communists.
Sep 19, 2019 · Roy Cohn, who has been described by people who knew him as “ a snake ,” “ a scoundrel ” and “ a new strain of son of a bitch ,” is the subject of a new documentary out this week from producer...
May 17, 2024 · To note his most flagrant hypocrisy, Cohn was a gay man who persecuted other gay people out of their government jobs during what became known as the Lavender Scare of the...
Mar 5, 2020 · Roy Cohn has been called the most malevolent force in 20th-century American politics — and that was before mentoring a young Donald Trump in mafia-style politics. Some historical figures seem to crop up at every major cultural or political turn.
Jun 18, 2020 · The young girl is Ivy Meeropol, the film’s director; its subject, Roy Cohn, was a prosecuting attorney in the Rosenberg trial. Meeropol grew up with the story of the Rosenbergs, who were tried...
Jun 17, 2020 · Advertisement. Roy Cohn Got Her Grandparents Executed. She Made a Film About Him. In her new HBO documentary, “Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn,” the director Ivy Meeropol...
Mar 6, 2019 · One of the most notorious is Roy Cohn, a man whose influence spans several decades of hot button issues, Republican politicians and LGBT history. Cohn was a prosecutor in the Rosenberg spy...
