donald trump knew he was pressuring state officials. he knew he was lying. he was basically trying to change out the doj to be people sympathetic with him to give at least the air of federal complicity in challenging election results, and he knew when he was sitting in the office during the attack on january 6th there was a chance it would succeed. >> what do you want americans to take away from the hearings? >> i want the american people to look at these hearings and understand how close we came that day to losing that self-governance. freedom isn't free. you have to defend this and not just overseas but sometimes here at home. >> do you miss me yet? do you miss me? >> in the aftermath of january 6th and his election loss -- >> anthony gonzalez, that's another beauty. >> donald trump made it his mission to replace republican opponents with supporters.