Does Roy Cohn Rule The Oval Office From The Grave? | Conversations with Jim Zirin

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  • Roy Cohn was an unscrupulous lawyer who knew how
    to beat the system. As a lawyer, he lit up the town
    representing mobsters, prelates and his poster child
    client Donald Trump. For 15 years Cohn was Trump’s
    lawyer, fixer and political mentor. Cohn’s cousin, journalist
    David Marcus, knows everything knowable about him.
    He compares and contrasts for Jim Zirin the many parallels
    between Trump’s combative tactics in office and the Roy
    Cohn he observed in action.
    (Taped: 10/21/2019 )
    Conversations with Jim Zirin is a talk show designed to illuminate the news by taking the time required to understand and interpret national and world events. The series features high-profile guests from the worlds of politics, law, business, foreign relations, national security, counterterrorism, media, lifestyles, literature, the arts, and the military. The series is hosted by Jim Zirin, a leading litigator and contributor to major publications including Forbes, the Daily Beast, the Nation, The Times of London and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of two books, The Mother Court -- Tales of Cases That Mattered in America's Greatest Trial Court, and Supremely Partisan-How Raw Politics Tips the Scales in the United States Supreme Court. Jim served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in the Criminal Division under the legendary Robert M. Morgenthau.
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Komentáře • 103

  • @desertportal353
    @desertportal353 Před 4 lety +25

    Brilliant. The world needs to know this. Thank you so very much.

  • @michelleh7828
    @michelleh7828 Před 4 lety +19

    This is great. It needs more viewers.

  • @HS-819
    @HS-819 Před 4 lety +12

    I only heard about Roy Cohn at a documentary on Netflix about Trump and I was immediately surprised of his influence and charisma

  • @cozycomfy589
    @cozycomfy589 Před 4 lety +11

    Thank you for this interview, timely.

  • @wcbibb
    @wcbibb Před 4 lety +9

    Great interview!

  • @Mommyandtux
    @Mommyandtux Před 2 lety +10

    It's always sort of bizarre to see these videos from the months leading up to COVID-19. Like our country and the entire world changed in 2020... The pre 2020/COVID and post 2020/COVID world.
    Entire paradigm shift.
    It's like the pre and post 9/11 world or the pre and post world wars world. (The differences between 1913 and 1946 are massive... Literally entirely different worlds). Almost everything and everyone on earth had massive transformation over that period.

  • @pat3834
    @pat3834 Před 4 lety +29

    I always wondered why no one has ever put the Cohn/Trump connection together.

    • @mattgrooms1853
      @mattgrooms1853 Před 4 lety +1

      My wife is certainly tired of me talking about it lol

    • @samsonian
      @samsonian Před 3 lety +3

      Or even better, not just Trump but Roger Stone were BOTH Roy Cohn acolytes.
      Another part of all of this is that Roy Cohn was involved in the running of the CIA’s blackmail pedophile ring back in the 70s, just as Epstein/Maxwell were for Mossad up until just recently. I’m praying that the evil elite pedophiles that run this country are getting ready to pay a hefty price for their unforgivable behavior and destruction of so many young innocent lives. Burn in Hell, you evil f***s!

    • @andreasbatten7634
      @andreasbatten7634 Před 3 lety

      What about Trump and the John Birch Society? It explains everything.

    • @martinduke368
      @martinduke368 Před 3 lety

      @@andreasbatten7634 Cohn and the Birchers are not exactly in the same camp...you might not want to go down that road since it leads sawy from what you assume.

    • @jebbuckerson
      @jebbuckerson Před 3 lety

      @@andreasbatten7634 LOL. No. John Birchers don't run NYC.

  • @1985Aquiles
    @1985Aquiles Před 4 lety +10

    8:27 - Same gestures with the tongue hanging out and breathing in as Roy Cohn himself

    • @johnryan3913
      @johnryan3913 Před 3 lety +1

      Wow. You can spot the guy's tongue for half a second and he's "just like Roy Cohn"...It doesnt "hang out" either. And what does this supposedly mean?

  • @calisuds9830
    @calisuds9830 Před 3 lety +5

    Roy Cohn type of guy is blonde and tall.

  • @kennethsmalls6623
    @kennethsmalls6623 Před 2 lety +3

    J Edgar Hoover did the same thing to Black people and Gay people and he was both.

  • @tapptom
    @tapptom Před 3 lety +3

    There never was a rule of law in Amerika!

  • @PhilipShawn
    @PhilipShawn Před 2 měsíci

    Its nice to know that the difference between dirty-tricks that respond to dead bodies.

  • @donaldreed2351
    @donaldreed2351 Před 10 měsíci +2

    When Trump became president, he learned that he was dealing with greater monsters than himself.

  • @tombouie
    @tombouie Před 8 měsíci

    Thks

  • @jenniferw1956
    @jenniferw1956 Před 4 lety +4

    Wonder how well Roy got along with Capote?

    • @enolamsamoht
      @enolamsamoht Před 3 lety +2

      Probably not at all Mr. Capote/Parsons was out and proud of who he was. Roy Was repressed, and repression breeds all kinds of evil.

  • @toussantlbisso
    @toussantlbisso Před 3 lety +2

    Thee guest misspoke when he said" gotta remember this was the 1950's" when referencing trump's discrimination suit

  • @johnryan3913
    @johnryan3913 Před 3 lety +4

    One of the best interviews about Cohn/Trump. I appreciate the nuance on Cohn's gayness, and especially how Roy might feel about Trump's treatment of intel agencies, Putin, and Ukraine - Cohn, there, would not be proud.

  • @calisuds9830
    @calisuds9830 Před 3 lety

    Yes.

  • @rwood87
    @rwood87 Před 2 lety +1

    Trump was born in 1946 and the housing case was in 1972.

  • @poetry7260
    @poetry7260 Před 4 lety +4

    I was saying that for the last 2 years. Steal my ideas. Lol.

  • @deeproff1294
    @deeproff1294 Před 4 lety

    👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🙏

  • @HIROLLER9
    @HIROLLER9 Před 4 lety +15

    Where were all these people before the 2016 election? Did their patriotism & conscience not urge them to speak up & out about Trump & the disaster he would reek on our country?

    • @lynnstrange3819
      @lynnstrange3819 Před 3 lety +5

      Yes they did. Many people. It was loud and very clear and well evidenced. I don’t know why, but no one listened. Also he was supported and protected by Christians.

    • @Mommyandtux
      @Mommyandtux Před 2 lety +2

      @@lynnstrange3819
      The majority of Americans rejected Trump in 2016 as well as 2020.
      The problem is in 2016 he only lost by a couple million votes, so when they were tabulated in the electoral college he won.
      Then in 2020 he lost by a much wider margin - some 8 million votes - and was fired by America.

  • @cujfugvjhffhchch491
    @cujfugvjhffhchch491 Před 3 lety +1

    What is the point to this ?

  • @marshallj2415
    @marshallj2415 Před 3 měsíci +1

    For sure Roy Cohn is in hell.

  • @ahappyimago
    @ahappyimago Před 3 lety +2

    It’s worked until now but it’s about to end.

  • @dannygitmo
    @dannygitmo Před 4 lety +2

    Cohn's father was a judge....his relationship with his dad set the stage for his strategy as a lawyer and a man about town....fearless against all authority figures.

    • @rogerlephoque3704
      @rogerlephoque3704 Před 4 lety +4

      Cohn can hardly be labelled a man about town, unless you consider his cruising activities with rent boys across town as worthy of someone so described. Regular men about town would object...

  • @travisstrate
    @travisstrate Před rokem +5

    Less than 3 minutes I can tell this is a bash Trump interview. ✌🏻

  • @timmartin6410
    @timmartin6410 Před 9 měsíci +1

    A fascinating window into Roy Cohn the guy to made Donald Trump. With all of Trump's current legal troubles (justified or not) you can see the Roy Cohn playbook is his go too.

  • @svharken6907
    @svharken6907 Před 6 měsíci

    You stole this from ME... Ive been saying this since trump was elected

  • @jeffym8929
    @jeffym8929 Před 3 lety +4

    I don’t know if Cohn was a bad apple or not . When he was on Firing Line and that tv show with Vidal , he seemed quite reasonable. These guys are so prejudiced it’s hard to gauge much.

  • @technoserf_digital
    @technoserf_digital Před rokem +2

    Two years later, and much of what was said here has been validated.

  • @mikecavallaro466
    @mikecavallaro466 Před rokem

    These comments didn't age well.

    • @respectamerica2382
      @respectamerica2382 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Sure you comment didn't age well?
      Trump is ahead in all the polls!

    • @mikecavallaro466
      @mikecavallaro466 Před 11 měsíci

      @@respectamerica2382 It's funny to watch Democrats pretend they aren't building sympathy for Trump. As if they ever had any plans to run against anyone else. A clear indicator that most Americans are just plain stupid, easily manipulated, mindless conformists. Dummies will vote for whomever they're told.

  • @rmorton8281
    @rmorton8281 Před 3 lety +7

    I still dont get why he was considered evil

    • @corryjookit7818
      @corryjookit7818 Před rokem

      #ZanderMort Your ignorance is showing.His part in the McCarthy lies, dismantling people's lives etc is the reason. Didn't you look at the picture of Cohn whispering evil stuff in McCarthy's ear. A photograph that went around the world.

    • @mayralake3415
      @mayralake3415 Před rokem

      Read history, look for the facts. Then you can learn. Read , read.

  • @tamianonymous
    @tamianonymous Před 4 lety +8

    Roy was & is my hero. Only one. Just you Roy. Rest in peace my love

  • @pappywolf9587
    @pappywolf9587 Před 4 lety +5

    Some real Trump haters...

  • @Cosmic-Cowboy
    @Cosmic-Cowboy Před rokem

    Vote Donnie J DooDoo. He’ll make America great again-the reprobate.

  • @someoneelse.2252
    @someoneelse.2252 Před 4 lety +5

    This interview is more of Trump bashing than of Cohn. More than disappointing.

    • @rogerlephoque3704
      @rogerlephoque3704 Před 4 lety +7

      I can't see how you can say that vis-a-vis Trump. The amount of footage doesn't support your assertion. But even if you were right, Cohn was Trump's mentor and lawyer when Trump was a young businessman on the up & up, and therefore an obvious influence on Trump the Snake-Oil-Salesman-in-Chief....

    • @nataliebierman3067
      @nataliebierman3067 Před 4 lety +1

      I Love it!! It should be spread around!!!

  • @tinatonatelo9980
    @tinatonatelo9980 Před 3 lety +2

    What a stupid remark, Predident Trump does not need Roy Cohn to do what he does. He is a winner with or without RC, why can you people admit your hatred and that for the second time we have a real Predident

    • @anthony9656
      @anthony9656 Před 3 lety +5

      No hatred, just recognition. He's not a winner, he's just a con, but a very good con, maybe one of the best.

    • @chadvargo7822
      @chadvargo7822 Před 2 lety

      How is donald trump a winner? He has literally done nothing worthwhile in life.

    • @johngalt0096
      @johngalt0096 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Trump University 😂😂😂

  • @Meee22222
    @Meee22222 Před 3 lety +1

    Great interview!