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Democracy on Trial

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To produce Democracy on Trial, the FRONTLINE team conducted more than 20 original interviews with journalists, lawyers, and current and former members of Congress who served on the United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. The film also drew on an archive that includes interviews with conservative commentators as well as Trump administration staff. The interviews offer perspective and legal analysis on the four-count federal indictment against Donald Trump. The former president has pleaded not guilty to all four counts. These interviews can be explored below in video or text. The collection is part of FRONTLINE’s Transparency Project, which makes our source material available to the public.

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Democracy on Trial

FRONTLINE investigates the roots of the criminal cases against former President Trump stemming from his 2020 election loss.

Interviews for this film Democracy on Trial were conducted by Michael Kirk and Mike Wiser of the Kirk Documentary Group and edited for the web by Lauren Prestileo and Brooke Nelson Alexander. The Transparency Project is produced by Lauren Prestileo.

Design and build for Democracy on Trail by Dan Nolan and Anthony DeLorenzo with assistance from Kimberly Patch. Video editing by O. Deborah Afolayan. Copy editing by Julie Wolf. Additional assistance from Priyanka Boghani, Kaela Malig, James O’Donnell, Kelsey Rightnowar, Inci Sayki, and Patrice Taddonio.

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