Trump's Power & the Rule of Law: Ty Cobb (interview) | FRONTLINE

Ty Cobb is an attorney who served as special counsel during the first Trump administration, managing the White House response to the investigation into Russian interference during the 2016 presidential election. He previously served as assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland.

The following interview was conducted by the Kirk Documentary Group's Mike Wiser for FRONTLINE on April 3, 2025. It has been annotated and edited for accuracy and clarity as part of an editorial and legal review. See a more complete description of our process here

Ty Cobb's interview for our 2025 documentary "Trump’s Power & the Rule of Law" is being published as part of FRONTLINE’s Transparency Project, an effort to open up the source material behind our documentaries. Explore the transcript of this interview, and others, on the FRONTLINE website

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