Brazil’s prosecutor-general on Tuesday filed fees in opposition to former President Jair Bolsonaro for trying a coup to remain in workplace after his 2022 election defeat.
Prosecutor-Normal Paulo Gonet alleges that Bolsonaro and 33 others participated in plan to stay in energy regardless of shedding to present President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
BRAZIL’S FORMER PRESIDENT BOLSONARO AND AIDES INDICTED FOR ALLEGED 2022 COUP ATTEMPT
Final November, Federal Police filed a 884-page report with Gonet detailing the scheme. They allege it concerned systematically sowing mistrust of the electoral system among the many populace, drafting a decree to provide the plot a veneer of legality, pressuring high army brass to associate with the plan, and inciting a riot within the capital.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrives for a luncheon with senators from his help base, on the Nationwide Congress constructing in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photograph/Eraldo Peres)
The Supreme Courtroom will analyze the costs and, if accepted, Bolsonaro will stand trial.
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The far-right chief denies wrongdoing. “I’ve no considerations concerning the accusations, zero,” Bolsonaro instructed journalists earlier on Tuesday throughout a go to to the Senate in Brasilia.
“Have you ever seen the coup decree, by any probability? You haven’t. Neither have I,” he added.
A lawyer for Bolsonaro didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.