The war room’s political slogan is simple: Trump first, America last.
Many of the war room staff members have been assigned to tracking Mr. Trump since 2016, amassing deep expertise in various aspects of his record and administration.
Operatives circulate information — often to reporters — that could appear in campaign ads and in debate questions, or tie up their opponent’s campaign in a hurtful media cycle.
dispatched researchers to 40 states, pulled up 7,000 lawsuits involving Mr. Trump and developed a system that included 300 volunteer lawyers to review them.
But as many Democrats mourned Mrs. Clinton’s defeat, the two operatives took their operation to the D.N.C.