Ryan Lizza
THE PUTIN FILES
This interview with Ryan Lizza, a former Washington correspondent for The New Yorker and an on-air correspondent for CNN, was conducted for the FRONTLINE documentary Putin’s Revenge. After the film aired, The New Yorker announced that it had fired Lizza for what the magazine described as “improper sexual conduct,” a charge Lizza denied. CNN also announced that it had suspended Lizza pending an investigation. The network reinstated Lizza in January 2018, saying that based on the findings of the investigation, it "found no reason to continue to keep Mr. Lizza off the air.”
This is the transcript of an interview with FRONTLINE's Jim Gilmore conducted on Aug. 9, 2017. It has been edited in parts for clarity and length.
