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2. That's true! This is the guy, after all, who thought Roy Cohn was the very model of...
Thu Aug 17, 2023, 09:36 AM
Aug 2023

a great attorney.


Roy Marcus Cohn (/koʊn/; 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. In the late 1970s and during the 1980s, he became a prominent political fixer in New York City.[2][3][4][5] He also represented and mentored New York City real estate developer and future U.S. President Donald Trump during his early business career. His other clients included New York Yankees baseball club owner George Steinbrenner;[6] Aristotle Onassis;[7] and Mafia bosses Fat Tony Salerno, Carmine Galante, and John Gotti.

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