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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.
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...
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 17, 2020 · 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 pushes past the easy...
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...
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 ...
Jun 26, 2024 · Roy Cohn was a lawyer and a controversial public figure who rose to prominence through his alliance with U.S. Sen. Joe McCarthy and his tenacious legal representation of high-profile clients, including businessman and future U.S. president Donald Trump, shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, and organized-crime leaders, such as Anthony ...
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 18, 2020 · The Story of Roy Cohn, which airs on HBO tonight, is a fascinating addition to the canon for Trumpologists, but it’s also an observation of all the damage damaged people can cause.
