Outside the grading scale: Pre-Office Conduct
Roy Cohn and Mob-Controlled Concrete: Trump's Building Years in New York
Trump met Roy Cohn at the private disco Le Club around 1973, when the Justice Department sued Trump and his father for refusing to rent to Black tenants; Cohn countersued the government for $100 million and remained Trump's lawyer for 13 years. Cohn's clients included Salerno and Castellano. For Trump Tower and Trump Plaza, Trump bought ready-mix concrete from a company those two controlled. A federal investigation later concluded that Trump Plaza most likely benefited from connections to racketeering. When Trump sought a New Jersey casino license, he did not disclose a federal grand jury inquiry into how he obtained an option on the Penn Central rail yards. No charge or finding was ever made against Trump.