Trump and His Lawyers: A Restless Search for Another Roy Cohn

Mr. Trump has long been obsessed with lawyers: obsessed with finding what he thinks are good lawyers, and obsessed with ensuring that his lawyers defend him zealously in the court of public opinion. That often means measuring up to the example of Roy M. Cohn, Mr. Trump’s first fixer-lawyer, who represented him in the 1970s and early 1980s. Prosecutors believe Mr. Trump may have misled Mr. Corcoran during those discussions.) “President Trump has assembled a legal team that is battle-tested and proven on all levels,” said Steven Cheung, a spokesman for Mr. Trump. “They spend a lot of time before grand juries or depositions themselves.”The post Trump and His Lawyers: A Restless Search for Another Roy Cohn appeared first on New York Times.