The proposed new regime was set to operate under military jurisdiction and martial law, with a distinct homeland security command to replace traditional law enforcement.
The German chancellor and his ministers were to be handcuffed and paraded on national television to win public support after last year’s planned far-right coup
A former MP for the hard-right AfD party smuggled three fellow coup plotters into the Reichstag to reconnoitre entry points for a plan to storm parliament and overthrow the government, according to new court documents.