'Where’s My Roy Cohn?' helps explain US politics' crazed amorality
The Matt Tyrnauer documentary examines the life of the presidential mentor whose MO was to deny everything, never back down and attack accusers with maximum force. Sound familiar?
"Where's My Roy Cohn?"delivers an astonishing recital of the unscrupulous lawyer's crimes, although nothing seemed to stick until the very end of his life. Sony Pictures
On meeting Roy Cohn, we are told, “You knew you were in the presence of evil.” This statement occurs within the first few minutes. The rest of Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary adds support to the proposition.
If you’ve ever found yourself wondering how American politics attained its current level of crazed amorality, Where’s My Roy Cohn? provides a few answers. The title comes from one of Cohn’s long-term associates, Donald J. Trump, when he complained about his then attorney-general, Jeff Sessions, having recused himself from the Mueller investigation.
