How Roy Cohn Shaped Trump — and America

A new book reveals how the lawyer’s legacy lives on decades after his death.

By Carlos LozadaMichelle Cottle and Nicole Hemmer

Produced by Derek Arthur

Before Donald Trump, there was the lawyer Roy Cohn. In “American Scoundrel,” the coauthors Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark examine the life and legacy of Mr. Cohn, a driving force behind McCarthyism, a pop culture villain and a key influence in Mr. Trump’s approach to power and politics. The Opinion columnist Carlos Lozada, the Opinion political writer Michelle........

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