Claims

Sheehan said Brown Brothers Harriman/DuPont backers, via Gen. Smedley Butler, planned a 1933 military coup against FDR ('Business Plot')

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Sheehan says BBH and DuPont interests recruited Gen. Smedley Butler for a 1933 coup attempt against FDR, later exposed by a congressional committee.

Evidence

RelationRecordNote
reportsweb.archive.orgPlotters said to include Prescott Bush associates and Liberty League figures; specific BBH/DuPont attribution is Sheehan's framing, per the committee record the backers/scope remain contested (original URL dead 2026-10-18, 404: https://militaryhistorynow.com/2013/02/25/the-business-plot-did-american-billionaires-plan-a-fascist-coup/; Wayback snapshot)

Sources

SourceRelationAt
Sheehan on Danny Jones (2024)asserts

Ties

ToRoleYearsVerdictSource
Business Plot (1933-1934)split into (the McCormack-Dickstein hearings themselves; already covered there as Documented/said)1934Structural

Tied from

FromRoleYearsVerdictSource
Business Plot (1933-1934)split from (Sheehan's BBH/DuPont-attribution framing)1934Structural

Claim

Sheehan says BBH and DuPont interests recruited Gen. Smedley Butler for a 1933 coup attempt against FDR, later exposed by a congressional committee.