Wall Street Enforcer Becomes First Black U.S. Attorney for Manhattan
- Williams is first Black person to be Manhattan U.S. attorney
- During decade as prosecutor, he rose quickly through ranks
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Damian Williams was laying out the case for a jury he needed to persuade to bring down a hedge-fund high-flyer.
His simple courtroom opening for a seemingly mind-numbing financial fraud: “It’s easy to look like a winner if you can just make up the score.”