Just saws this Mike:

Were we even close to losing our democracy - No

1. Was there a threat to democracy Mike?

2. Was there an attempt by Trump to remain in power that didn't really pay too much attention to whether it was legal or not?

Now, as far as your question? No, I don't think so, but we may have just been lucky. We count on a lot of norms, procedures, arcane bits of law subject to interpretation, checks, balances, and people actually caring about the doing the right thing. I've been unpleasantly surprised by how easy it is to ignore norms with nothing happening, how procedures can be ignored, etc., etc., etc.

Just the other day I read about Project 2025 by Heritage Foundation. It reads like the old PNAC (Project for a New American Century) but for conservatives in the White House. They want to have 50,000 vetted, able, trained crew ready to take over the administration and eliminate the deep state. Pie in the Sky, right? Now Biden is somehow making some new rules to thwart this possibility. Really? Yes.
eenews.net - Biden plan aims to protect federal workers from layoffs

I'm fairly sure Trump won't be President in 2024, and he'll be convicted of 75-80% of the charges and 80-90% of those will survive appeals.