Brazilian prosecutors filed accusations against former president Jia Bolsonaro on Tuesday of attempting a coup to serve as a coup after the 2022 election loss.
Prosecutor Paulo Gonette claims that Bolsonaro and 33 others have joined in a plan to remain in power despite losing to current President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva.
Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro and his aides were charged with attempted coup in 2022
Last November, federal police submitted an 884-page report, with Gonet detailing the scheme. They drafted orders to embrace systemic distrust among the masses of the electoral system, to give conspiracy a veneer of legality, to put pressure on top military brass in line with plans, and riots in the capital It claims to include inciting the
Former Brazilian President Jia Bolsonaro arrives at the Brazilian National Conference building on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 for a luncheon with the senators of his support base. (AP Photo/Moraldo Perez)
The Supreme Court will analyze the charges and if accepted, Bolsonaro will be brought to trial.
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The far-right leader denies fraud. “I have no concern about the charges, zero,” Bolsonaro told journalists on Tuesday when he visited the Brasilia Senate.
“Have you happened to see a coup order? You haven’t. I don’t have one either,” he added.
Bolsonaro’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
