Dr. Steve R. Pieczenik is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, serving across several presidential administrations (including Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush Sr.). In this stunning video, posted a week before the 2016 Presidential election, he asserted that Hillary and Bill Clinton, along with their associates, carried out a silent “civilian coup” using corruption and political co-optation rather than traditional military power. This co-optation allegedly compromised major government bodies and officials, including the White House, the Judiciary, the CIA, the FBI, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and FBI Director James Comey. In response, a coalition of veterans and active personnel across 15 intelligence organizations—including the FBI, CIA, Military Intelligence, and the Director of Intelligence—informally united to launch a silent “counter coup” to prevent the Clintons from taking power. The counter coup aimed to stop Hillary Clinton’s presidency, secure convictions for officials involved in corruption cover-ups, and prevent President Obama from issuing pardons or committing treason. Characterized as a historic first conducted entirely over the internet without weapons or physical violence, Pieczenik describes these events as a peaceful, non-violent “second American Revolution” meant to safeguard the Republic. He does not mention then-Presidential candidate Donald Trump. Nevertheless, his video was instrumental in convincing me that President Trump’s candidacy was part of this stand against the coup.