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It was the attempt to take over a duly elected president
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The Plot Against the President

It was the attempt to takeover a duly elected president for their own personal gain

It was the attempt to take
over a duly elected president for their own personal gain

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It was the attempt to take over a duly elected president
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for their own personal gain.
Duration
7 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
01:22:32
Uploaded
Jun 02, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

Based on Lee Smith's book of the same name, this documentary follows the story of the biggest political scandal in U.S. history.
- They made an attempt to overthrow - The Plot Against the President 00:06
- They made an attempt to overthrow
You can't do with a coup d'etat that takes place in Africa, - The Plot Against the President 00:10
You can't do with a coup d'etat that takes place i...
Some officials in the political police, - The Plot Against the President 00:09
Some officials in the political police,
And they say, my God we have discovered - The Plot Against the President 00:06
And they say, my God we have discovered
So we have to arrest him to save the country. - The Plot Against the President 00:04
So we have to arrest him to save the country.
If the people in charge of guarding the state - The Plot Against the President 00:09
If the people in charge of guarding the state
- Once you established this precedent that you know - The Plot Against the President 00:08
- Once you established this precedent that you know
And if the American people make a mistake - The Plot Against the President 00:08
And if the American people make a mistake
And the fact that people think like that in these agencies - The Plot Against the President 00:10
And the fact that people think like that in these agencies
When you think about all these different institutions - The Plot Against the President 00:13
When you think about all these different institutions
- So I tried to say this was gonna be bad and warn people. - The Plot Against the President 00:06
- So I tried to say this was gonna be bad and warn people.
And I thought I had a good grasp of how bad - The Plot Against the President 00:07
And I thought I had a good grasp of how bad
If you had told me in December or January, - The Plot Against the President 00:13
If you had told me in December or January,
So, goes to show you how good my judgment is. (chuckles) - The Plot Against the President 00:20
So, goes to show you how good my judgment is. (chuckles)
It's given people who are bad faith actors - The Plot Against the President 00:13
It's given people who are bad faith actors
If you are right wing and you're a reporter - The Plot Against the President 00:08
If you are right wing and you're a reporter
If you're lucky, you'll only have your reputation smeared. - The Plot Against the President 00:04
If you're lucky, you'll only have your reputation ...
If you end up like other people you're gonna get framed - The Plot Against the President 00:04
If you end up like other people you're gonna get framed
Personal destruction at the candidate level - The Plot Against the President 00:04
Personal destruction at the candidate level
When it starts getting down to every everyday lives, - The Plot Against the President 00:05
When it starts getting down to every everyday lives,