culmination of the stunning episode where trump purportedly tries to oust rosen since he won't do his bidding and install jeffrey clark. this was the lone doj official who had demonstrated a willingness to pursue trump's conspiracy theories. trump does stand down. why? because a group of doj officials threatened to resign if he goes through with it. think nixon, if you will. it prompts a sigh of relief from one doj official who tells his colleagues, the cause of justice won. after all these efforts behind the scenes basically to topple our democracy failed, brings us to january 6. president goes to the elipse. we know what happens after that. senator graham describes it, they could have killed all of us. at nearly 4:00 in the morning, congress does count the electoral college votes. they certify joe biden as the winner and democracy survives. as you can see, it nearly