Greg Sargent has framed this exactly right:
What’s becoming unmistakably clear is that the assault was unambiguously an effort to nullify the election through violent intimidation at best and violent attacks on lawmakers at worst. And this was done at Trump’s direction.
Exactly. Trump nearly succeeded in his Justice Dept. coup. When that failed, he turned to violent intimidation. And if it got out of hand? Hey, don’t look at me.