By Eléonore Hughes And Mauricio Savarese The Associated Press
Posted February 18, 2025 7:16 pm
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Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro indicted for alleged 2022 coup attempt
Brazil’s prosecutor-general on Tuesday filed charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro for attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.
Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet alleges that Bolsonaro and 33 others participated in a plan to remain in power despite losing to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Last November, Federal Police filed a 884-page report with Gonet detailing the scheme. They allege it involved systematically sowing distrust of the electoral system among the populace, drafting a decree to give the plot a veneer of legality, pressuring top military brass to go along with the plan, and inciting a riot in the capital.
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The Supreme Court will analyze the charges and, if accepted, Bolsonaro will stand trial.
The far-right leader denies wrongdoing. “I have no concerns about the accusations, zero,” Bolsonaro told journalists earlier on Tuesday during a visit to the Senate in Brasilia.
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“Have you seen the coup decree, by any chance? You haven’t. Neither have I,” he added.
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A lawyer for Bolsonaro did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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