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My Name is Roy Cohn, and I Made this Man

Roy Cohn was once the most feared lawyer in New York City. A ruthless master of DIRTY TRICKS, he smeared the reputations of his political enemies, helped send the Rosenbergs to the electric chair, and had more than one Mafia don on speed dial. But his most enduring legacy is DONALD TRUMP, whom he took under his wing in the 1970s. In this excerpt from Ken Auletta's 1978 Esquire profile, we meet the man who tutored the president in the dark arts of gossip, power, and politics.

May 1 2017
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My Name is Roy Cohn, and I Made this Man

Roy Cohn was once the most feared lawyer in New York City. A ruthless master of DIRTY TRICKS, he smeared the reputations of his political enemies, helped send the Rosenbergs to the electric chair, and had more than one Mafia don on speed dial. But his most enduring legacy is DONALD TRUMP, whom he took under his wing in the 1970s. In this excerpt from Ken Auletta's 1978 Esquire profile, we meet the man who tutored the president in the dark arts of gossip, power, and politics.

May 1 2017

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