Roy Cohn

Roy Marcus Cohn February 20 1927 August 2 1986 was an American lawyer and prosecutor who came to prominence for his role as Senator Joseph McCarthys chief counsel during the ArmyMcCarthy hearings in 1954 when he assisted McCarthys investigations of suspected communists In the late 1970s and during the 1980s he became a prominent political fixer in New York City He also represented and mentored the real estate developer and later US President Donald Trump during his early business career Cohn was born in The Bronx in New York City and educated at Columbia University He rose to prominence as a US Department of Justice prosecutor at the espionage trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg where he successfully prosecuted the Rosenbergs leading to their execution in 1953 As a prosecuting chief counsel during the trials his reputation deteriorated during the late 1950s to late 1970s after McCarthys downfall In 1986 he was disbarred by the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court for unethical conduct after attempting to defraud a dying client by forcing the client to sign a will amendment leaving him his fortune He died five weeks later from AIDSrelated complications having vehemently denied that he was suffering from HIV Description above from the Wikipedia article Roy Cohn licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia