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Part Two: Roy Cohn: The Man Who Made Donald Trump

Behind the Bastards

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Cone Don't Pay Taxes

Cone wrangled the business into paying for his two rules. Cone would loudly explain to anyone who listened that he avoided making any more money than absolutely necessary. The company paid for everything that Cone had and then wrote off those payments as tax deductible. And so Cone didn't pay taxes. Listen, I don't have all the numbers before me, but a lot of millionaires and billionaires are like living off of that model of lifestyle now.

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