Lansing — Michigan prosecutors alleged that a conspiracy linked to President Donald Trump's campaign attempted to overturn the 2020 election, but they failed to untangle their claims in court and their investigation crumbled this week, a few blocks from the scene that spurred it five years ago.

Over the course of nearly 20 days of court hearings, lawyers working for Attorney General Dana Nessel's office repeatedly struggled to nail down what transpired inside Michigan GOP headquarters in downtown Lansing on Dec. 14, 2020. That day, 16 state Republicans gathered privately with at least one representative of the Trump campaign and signed a certificate that falsely asserted Trump had won Michigan's election and its 16 electoral votes.

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