“but a “coup d’etat” refers specifically to a military ouster of a leader, not a leak-driven campaign using the press to nail someone. “
No it doesn’t refer only to military. Nothing in the definition does. It’s simply the deposing of a leader outside the normal process. It can be military, a leak driven delegitimizing campaign that drives him out, or anything.
And interestingly, a coup can leave the apparent government in power, but remove the leader.
He is wrong in his analysis. And it was a coup move by our national intelligence agencies which are fully in the service of the deep state and have been since their inception.
But nice attempt at sophistry to protect the intel community that made this move.
The opinion of so-called judge Robart was a judicial coup of executive power granted by our Constitution.
The return of Free Government is impossible with reform of the corrupt scotus.