Coup d'état
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A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent person or leadership. A self-coup is said to tak
General Napoleon Bonaparte during the Coup of 18 Brumaire in Saint-Cloud. Bonaparte at the Council of Five Hundred at Saint-Cloud by François Bouchot, 1840
La Liberté guidant le peuple Eugène Delacroix Musée du Louvre Peintures RF 129 après restauration 2024
On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump. Academic debate exists about whether to characterize the event as a co
Coup d'état
…Dissident coup, in which the culprits are nominally protestors without backing from any military or police units (e.g. sometimes used to describe the January 6 United States Capitol attack) Electoral coup…
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After Zachary Jordan Alam (circled in red, bottom right) smashed the window with his helmet, Ashli Babbitt (circled in red, top left) attempted to breach the Speaker's Lobby by climbing through a window toward the fleeing congress.
An image of Trump delivering his rally speech from behind a bulletproof shield was projected onto this screen at the rally
One of two pipe bombs discovered adjacent to the Capitol on January 6