The FRONTLINE Interviews:

Trump's American Carnage

Our Sources. On the Record. At Your Fingertips.

Production of Trump’s American Carnage began after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. To help tell the story of the politics that led up to that moment, FRONTLINE conducted 12 original interviews and drew on scores of other interviews we have done over the last five years with Trump campaign and administration officials, leading Republicans, political analysts and journalists. Interviews that appear in Trump’s American Carnage 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.

Interviews

Yamiche Alcindor
White House Correspondent, PBS Newshour

Text
Yamiche Alcindor
White House Correspondent, PBS NewsHour

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Peter Baker
White House Correspondent, The New York Times

Text
Dan Balz
Political Journalist, The Washington Post

Text
Steve Bannon
First interview with the Former Trump adviser

Video
John Bolton
Fmr. National Security Adviser

Video
Brendan Buck
Communications Strategist

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Eric Cantor
Former U.S. Representative (R-VA)

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Bob Corker
Former U.S. Senator (R-TN)

Video
Susan Davis
Congressional Correspondent, NPR

Text
Lisa Desjardins
Correspondent, PBS NewsHour

Text
Jeff Flake
R-Ariz.

Text
Susan Glasser
Columnist, The New Yorker

Text
Joshua Green
Author, Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the National Uprising

Text
Scott Jennings
Former Adviser to Mitch McConnell

Text
Corey Lewandowski
Former Trump Campaign Manager

Text
Corey Lewandowski
Former Trump Campaign Manager

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Wesley Lowery
Political Correspondent, The Washington Post

Text
Frank Luntz
Conservative Pollster

Video
Evan Osnos
Journalist, The New Yorker

Text
Steve Schmidt
Political Strategist

Video
Roger Stone
Former Trump Adviser

Text
Darlene Superville
White House Correspondent, The Associated Press

Text
Charlie Sykes
Political Commentator

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Olivia Troye
Former Adviser to Vice President Pence

Video
Katy Tur
Journalist, NBC News

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Interviews for this film were conducted by Michael Kirk, Jim Gilmore, Mike Wiser, and Gabrielle Schonder of the Kirk Documentary Group and edited for the web by Phil Bennett and Lauren Prestileo.

Design and build for America's Great Divide by Dan Nolan with assistance from Kimberly Patch. Video editing by Kenzie Audette. Copy editing by Julie Wolf. Additional assistance from Dale Cohen, Miles Alvord, Anthony DeLorenzo, Priyanka Boghani, Timothy Meagher, Patrice Taddonio, Brenna Verre, and Jennifer Wehunt.

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