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   Roy Marcus Cohn (/ k oʊ n / 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.

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Roy-CohnRoy Cohn | Joseph McCarthy, Donald Trump, Second Red Scare ...

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   5 days ago · According to a Time magazine cover story in 1954, Cohn was the “subcommittee’s real brain.” Together McCarthy and Cohn led the mass interrogation and purging of federal employees who were accused of being communists, known as the Second Red Scare .

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   Mar 6, 2019 · Attorney Roy Cohn, left, talking to Senator Joseph McCarthy, circa 1954. McCarthyism and the Lavender Scare. Roy Cohn entered the spotlight early. At age 23, he was a prosecutor on the...

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6. allthatsinteresting.com › roy-cohn'Incandescent Evil': The Story Of Roy Cohn From McCarthy To Trump

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   Mar 5, 2020 · May 12, 1954. Cohn was a closeted homosexual — one who would fall victim to the AIDS epidemic in 1986. Nonetheless, he used his fear-mongering ways and inquisitory methods to purge any suspected gay and lesbian employees from the government.

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7. www.bbc.com › culture › articleRoy Cohn: The mysterious US lawyer who helped Donald ... - BBC

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   May 17, 2024 · He was barely into his 20s when, as an assistant prosecutor in 1951, he helped engineer the conviction and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg as Soviet spies, and acknowledged using illicit,...

8. www.politico.com › magazine › storyThe Final Lesson Donald Trump Never Learned From Roy Cohn

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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 and...

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   Aug 3, 2023 · Roy Marcus Cohn (1927–1986) is best known for his work as the chief counsel to Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin Republican whose interrogations of alleged communists during the Cold War “Red Scare” contributed to a chilling effect on freedom of speech and freedom of association in the 1950s.