Moot
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They plotted to storm the capitol and hang the VP to stop the certification of a duly elected president....and kill a few congress members in the process.In their minds, they were fighting to maintain the sitting government, not overthrow it. Literally, not a single one of them supported some other government. They saw what they thought was election fraud and wanted to preserve the Constitution.
It happens that they were factually incorrect, but their motives weren't a coup. Quite the opposite, in fact, they thought they were fighting to prevent a coup.
Sure looks like an attempted coup to me.