The president has allegedly complained several times of not having a loyal, “Roy Cohn” figure in the White House, referring to his former personal lawyer and fixer.
Democrat Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said that Donald Trump “is well on his way to having his own Roy Cohn after all” after Attorney General William Barr claimed the FBI was “spying” on the president’s campaign.
Last year, the New York Times reported that after Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Mueller probe, Trump demanded to know “where’s my Roy Cohn?” After working with McCarthy, Cohn turned to private practice in New York where he eventually began representing Trump, who at the time was a young developer. Cohn became Trump’s close mentor and helped him to climb social and political circles in New York and grow his real estate empire.
Trump even testified on Cohn’s behalf as a character witness during a disbarment hearing in the 1980s. Though Cohn was officially disbarred weeks before his death for ethical violations like fraud, misrepresentation and dishonesty.
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