Off the Rails:
Beginning on election night 2020 and continuing through his final days in office, Donald Trump unraveled and dragged America with him, to the point that his followers sacked the U.S. Capitol with two weeks left in his term. This Axios series takes you inside the collapse of a president.
Episode 1: A Premeditated Lie Lit the Fire: Trump’s refusal to believe the election results was premeditated. He had heard about the “red mirage” — the likelihood that early vote counts would tip more Republican than the final tallies — and he decided to exploit it.
Episode 2: Barbarians at the Oval: Trump stops buying what his professional staff are telling him, and increasingly turns to radical voices telling him what he wants to hear.
Episode 3: Descent Into Madness: The conspiracy goes too far. Trump's outside lawyers plot to seize voting machines and spin theories about communists, spies and computer software.
Episode 4: Trump Turns on Attorney General Bill Barr: Trump torches what is arguably the most consequential relationship in his Cabinet.
Episode 5: The Secret CIA Plan: Trump vs. Gina — The president becomes increasingly rash and devises a plan to tamper with the nation's intelligence command.
Episode 6: Last Stand in Georgia: Georgia had not backed a Democratic presidential candidate since 1992 and Donald Trump's defeat in this Deep South stronghold, and his reaction to that loss, would help cost Republicans the U.S. Senate as well. Georgia was Trump's last stand.
Episode 7: Trump Turns on Pence: Trump believes the vice president can solve all his problems by simply refusing to certify the Electoral College results. It's a simple test of loyalty: Trump or the U.S. Constitution.
Episode 8: The Siege: An inside account of the deadly insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6 that ultimately failed to block the certification of the Electoral College. And, finally, Trump's concession.
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