If not to commit sedition, then why?

 Why did Trump lie about winning an election he lost if not to commit sedition?

Why did Trump lie about massive voter fraud if not to commit sedition?

Sedition

 Trump lied about widespread election fraud in an attempt to overturn an election he lost. We aren't used to seeing a President of the United States do something like this. To other countries this type of power struggle is all too familiar. This constitutes the crime of sedition. The attempt to overturn the legally elected government of a country. He was not alone in his crime. Those who knowingly spread this lie of voter fraud are also guilty of the same crime. 

The claimed to have evidence of the voter fraud, but in the end it turned out to just be lies.