Full Bio In Full: 'American Scoundrel,' Roy Cohn

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Oct 30

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird has turned his attention to Roy Cohn, the infamous lawyer and fixer who has worked with people from Joseph McCarthy to President Trump. The new biography is titled American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump. On today's installment of our "Full Bio" series, Bird discusses Cohn's relationship with President Trump, his life as a gay man, and his death from AIDS. 

Note: This audio compiles all of the segments used in our Full Bio series, which aired throughout the past week.

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