Richard Kerr Sex Trafficked by Roy Cohn

Richard Kerr joins Ed Opperman to talk about Roy Cohn. A name which
is vaguely familiar to those outside the political bubble, yet
central to politics over six decades, Cohn cut his teeth on the
McCarthy trials of the late 50s all the way to the dawning of the
age of Trump. A political machinator, he was simultaneously viewed
as a genius strategist and a villainous shadow depending on where
you stood in the spectrum. And if you stood in his way...

A ruthless and cunning adversary, Cohn had a complicated private
life. Being gay in America in the mid twentieth century was not an
easy life; so much so his desire to exterminate the presence of gay
or lesbian members of parties and staff by any and all means. He
was possibly driven by his own self-hate.

In a fascinating insight into politics, the mob and the mentoring
of a would-be Tyrant, Cohn is a fascinating study in Machiavellian
cruelty and scheming. A man with plenty to hide, but plenty to hide
it behind.

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