Soumya Dayananda served as senior investigative counsel for the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol. For more than a decade prior, she was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of New York. She is currently a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in Washington, D.C.

This interview offers perspective and legal analysis on the four-count federal indictment against Donald Trump. The former president has pleaded not guilty to all four counts.

The interview was conducted by Kirk Documentary Group’s Mike Wiser for FRONTLINE on Oct. 12, 2023. It has been edited for clarity and length.

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