Leaders of the Republican Party, having become wary of McCarthy's recklessness, hoped to sideline him. But he found a way of acquiring more power by becoming chairman of a Senate subcommittee on investigations. McCarthy recruited an ambitious and wily young lawyer from New York City,Roy Cohn,...
After a thorough application process, Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed James M. McCarthy to his new position. “We welcome Judge McCarthy to the ranks of immigration judges at EOIR,” said Acting Director James McHenry. “EOIR is committed to reducing its significant pending caseload, and...
McCarthy hired Roy Cohn as chief counsel to the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on the recommendation of mutual friends in the rightwing anticommunist network. Cohn had made his communist-fighting reputation as an assistant U.S. attorney in New York, where he played a significant role in...
Roy Cohn was a lawyer and a controversial public figure who rose to prominence through his alliance with U.S. Sen. Joe McCarthy and his tenacious legal representation of high-profile clients, including businessman and future U.S. president Donald Trump,