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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 suspected communists.
May 17, 2024 · As new film The Apprentice premieres at the Cannes Film Festival, a look at the cultural afterlife of political hitman Roy Cohn, who was Donald Trump's mentor in his early career.
May 22, 2024 · Roy Cohn was a controversial New York-based lawyer best known for being Senator Joseph McCarthy’s chief counsel during the 1954 Army McCarthy hearings. Interestingly, he had a...
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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...
Jun 26, 2024 · Roy Cohn (born February 20, 1927, Bronx, New York, U.S.—died August 2, 1986, Bethesda, Maryland) was a lawyer and a controversial public figure who rose to prominence through his alliance with U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his tenacious legal representation of high-profile clients, including businessman and future U.S. president Donald Trump, sh...
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Mar 19, 2020 · “Don’t Mess with Roy Cohn,” Esquire magazine warned in 1978. “He is a legal executioner—the toughest, meanest, vilest and one of the most brilliant lawyers in America. He is not a very nice man.” Born in Manhattan in 1927, Roy was the only child of Albert Cohn, a fixer for Tammany Hall, which rewarded Cohn the elder with ...
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.
