{
  "id": 8057670,
  "title": "'American Scoundrel' traces Roy Cohn's playbook from McCarthyism to Trump",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/american-scoundrel-traces-roy-cohns-playbook-from-mccarthyism-to-trump",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T16:14:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR",
    "slug": "npr",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/09/17/nx-s1-5965831/american-scoundrel-traces-roy-cohns-playbook-from-mccarthyism-to-trump"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In Kai Bird's biography of Cohn, he looks at how the lawyer taught Trump how to deny, delay, attack, sue and countersue, never admit defeat, side-step paying bills and avoid a paper trail.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}