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Roy Cohn, Robert Mapplethorpe and aTrump-Era Dilemma Over Free Speech

When a respected biographer tried to use a Mapplethorpe photograph of Roy Cohn for a book cover, worries about the wrath of Mr. Cohn’s protégé, President Trump, intervened.

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Michael M. Grynbaum27 Aug 2026, 09:02 amUpdated 1h ago1 min readBusinessGlobal

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Roy Cohn, Robert Mapplethorpe and a Trump-Era Dilemma Over Free Speech

When a respected biographer tried to use a Mapplethorpe photograph of Roy Cohn for a book cover, worries about the wrath of Mr. Cohn’s protégé, President Trump, intervened.

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Source: The New York Times · Michael M. Grynbaum. Published 27 Aug 2026, 09:02 am.

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