Roy Cohn

• 1980: Roy Cohn told a reporter profiling Donald Trump that he was not only Trump's lawyer, but "one of his close friends." “Roy M. Cohn, who describes himself as ‘not only Donald's lawyer, but also one of his close friends,’ said: ‘Donald wishes he didn't have to give money to politicians, but he knows it's part of the game. He doesn't try to get anything for it; he's just doing what a lot of people in the real estate business try to do.’” (New York Times, August 26, 1980)