# Why did the Federal judge make Cohen name his clients in open court?

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**Created:** [April 17, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-federal-judge-make-cohen-name-his-clients-in-open-court/812552 "2018-04-17T01:50:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-federal-judge-make-cohen-name-his-clients-in-open-court/812552/61 "2018-04-24T03:34:51Z")

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Here’s the Vanity Fair piece I was thinking of:

“How Donald Trump and Roy Cohn’s Ruthless Symbiosis Changed America.” (With Special Guest Appearance by Roger Stone)

> **[How Donald Trump and Roy Cohn’s Ruthless Symbiosis Changed America](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/donald-trump-roy-cohn-relationship)**
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> In 1973, a brash young would-be developer from Queens met one of New York’s premier power brokers: Roy Cohn, whose name is still synonymous with the rise of McCarthyism and its dark political arts. With the ruthless attorney as a guide, Trump...

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