Coup-Attempt

Jeffrey Clark Attempts DOJ Coup to Overturn Election

| Importance: 9/10

Environmental lawyer Jeffrey Clark attempted to use the Department of Justice to overturn the 2020 election by sending false fraud letters to swing states. Clark drafted a letter falsely claiming DOJ had identified ‘significant concerns’ about the election and urging Georgia to convene a …

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CNP Attorney Cleta Mitchell Joins Trump Call Pressuring Georgia Officials

| Importance: 10/10

On January 2, 2021, Cleta Mitchell - CNP board of governors member and attorney who had been central to the organization’s election denial coordination - represented President Trump on his infamous call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, pressuring him to “find 11,780 …

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CNP Leadership Releases Letter Urging State Legislators to Reject 25 Million Votes

| Importance: 10/10

On December 10, 2020, the Council for National Policy leadership released a letter drafted by CNP board member and attorney Cleta Mitchell calling on legislators in swing states to throw out over 25 million votes based on false claims of electoral fraud.

The letter represented the execution of the …

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Marine General Smedley Butler Testifies to Congressional Committee About Wall Street Plot to Overthrow FDR

| Importance: 9/10

On November 20, 1934, the U.S. House of Representatives Special Committee on Un-American Activities (McCormack-Dickstein Committee) begins secret testimony from retired Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler, who alleges that wealthy Wall Street financiers plotted to overthrow President Franklin …

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