President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on May 23. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) By Natalie Allison , Emily Davies and Michael Birnbaum

Months before President Donald Trump issued a travel ban on individuals from more than a dozen countries, his team of lawyers and advisers had already started crafting the ban, a process that was underway before he stepped back into the Oval Office in January. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe

Trump announced the proclamation Wednesday night, three days after an Egyptian man with an expired tourist visa was charged with attacking pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado. Trump said the crime “underscores the danger posed to our country by foreign nationals not pr

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