Former Trump officials warn of a White House return

Three women who served in the Trump White House are sounding the alarm on what a second Donald Trump term could mean for the country, with one saying it could «mean the end of American democracy as we know it.»

Alyssa Farah Griffin, Cassidy Hutchinson and Sarah Matthews sat down with ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent and «This Week» co-anchor Jonathan Karl to discuss their roles in speaking out against Trump in an interview that will air Sunday on «This Week.»

It marks the first time Griffin, Hutchinson and Matthews, who each cooperated with the House Jan. 6 committee's investigation of Trump's conduct following the 2020 election, discuss their story together.

You can watch more of Jonathan Karl's interview with Alyssa Farah Griffin, Cassidy Hutchinson and Sarah Matthews on «This Week» Sunday morning. Check local listings.

«Fundamentally, a second Trump term could mean the end of American democracy as we know it, and I don't say that lightly,» Griffin said. «We all witnessed him trying to steal a democratic election before and go to historic and unconstitutional lengths to do so.»

«And that just shows that he's willing to basically break every barrier to get into power and to stay into power,» she continued. «But also, I'm very concerned about what the term would actually look like.»

Griffin served as communications director in the Trump White House until she resigned in December 2020, just after the presidential election. She's now a co-host on ABC's «The View.»

Griffin sat for a private behind-the-scenes interview with the Jan. 6 committee, while Hutchinson, a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, and Matthews, a former White House deputy press secretary, testified publicly at televised hearings in