Exclusive: For 77 days between election and inauguration, Donald Trump — advised by conspiracy-minded lawyers and funded by a new class of donors — tried to subvert American democracy with a lie about fraud that he had been grooming for

Our examination shows how Donald Trump waged an extralegal campaign that convinced tens of millions of Americans the election had been stolen and that reached a deadly climax at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Interviews with central players, and documents including previously unreported emails, videos and social media posts scattered across the web, tell a more encompassing story of a more coordinated campaign on Donald Trump’s behalf to subvert the election.