the votes, donald trump would have lost. he said everything he did was about preserving trump's victory in the state, saying the proverbial quiet part loud. that's what all these rules are about in state after state where republicans are putting in voting restrictions, taking power away from officials they don't think could be trusted to overturn elections when they need to be overturned. you also recall paxton led a ridiculous lawsuit after the election to throw out 20 million votes because he disagreed with how other states conducted their elections. it would have installed donald trump, the loser, over joe biden, the winner. we're also learning more about the lengths to which the trump white house went to overturn the election. "new york times" reports at the end of december, the beginning of january, the lead-up to the trump fueled attack on the capitol, white house chief of staff mark meadows repeatedly pressed the department of justice to investigate conspiracy theories about the