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Feds connect mystery author 'Ryan Cooper' to fugitive Roy McGrath in newly unsealed search warrants

Feds connect mystery author 'Ryan Cooper' to fugitive Roy McGrath in newly unsealed search warrants
Feds connect mystery author 'Ryan Cooper' to fugitive Roy McGrath in newly unsealed search warrants 00:41

BALTIMORE -- When the ex-political aide Roy McGrath went on the run from federal agents in March, an unknown biographer fought for his reputation. The author, known only as "Ryan C. Cooper," published two short e-books that aired McGrath's grievances and extolled his virtues.

Cooper was all over the internet for one week, promoting the books, emailing reporters, giving author interviews from a phone number that, oddly, could not be called back. Then, silence.

Read more at The Baltimore Banner

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