The below is spoilered for length. It is a Federal Judge's order* from the John Eastman case. It provides a factual summary of what led to 1/6. One of the most frustrating things about the 1/6 conversation, is the focus seems to be narrowed to just that day - providing cover for the GOP faithful to say "it was spontaneous," or "it got out of control." This order makes it pretty clear that Trump and team KNEW that they had no basis to claim the election was stolen, but they tried to steal it anyway. @Stros121 Take a read. If you need to, have your computer replace "Trump" with "Obama" and "John Eastman" with "Eric Holder" and see if it makes any difference. They spent 3 months leading up to 1/6 with the plan to steal the election and keep Trump in power:
*In this discussion, the Court relies solely on facts provided by Dr. Eastman and the Select Committee in their briefing and attached exhibits