US EditionBrazilian Prosecutors Charge Ex-President Bolsonaro with Coup Plot
- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged with attempting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election, according to Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet.
- The charges accuse Bolsonaro of leading a 'criminal organization' with plans to poison current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
- Bolsonaro's defense team expressed 'dismay and indignation' over the accusations, asserting that he has never undermined democratic institutions.
- The plot allegedly included plans to harm a Supreme Court judge.
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Brazilian Prosecutors Formally Charge Jair Bolsonaro over Attempted Coup
In Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro has been formally charged with helping stage an attempted coup and masterminding a far-right conspiracy plot to cling to power after his 2022 reelection loss to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Brazil’s attorney general said Tuesday the plot included a plan to assassinate Lula and a Supreme Court justice. The charges come three months after Brazilian federal authorities released a damning report accusing Bolsonaro o…
Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup that included a plan to poison Lula
Brazil’s top prosecutor Paulo Gonet has formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.
Brazil's Bolsonaro slams 'vague' accusations after attempted coup indictment
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday denied accusations that he orchestrated a coup to stay in office and said the charges were the result of an authoritarian regime manufacturing "internal enemies."
Bolsonaro’s Coup Case: A Nation Divided, a Witness in Question
(Analysis) Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court has thrust ex-President Jair Bolsonaro into a legal and political firestorm by lifting the secrecy on Mauro Cid’s plea bargain testimony. Cid, once Bolsonaro’s trusted aide-de-camp, has accused him of orchestrating a daring conspiracy to overturn the 2022 election results, which saw Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva return to the […]
Bolsonaro’s indictment over alleged coup plot signals shift in Brazil’s approach to political accountability
Brazil's top prosecutor has filed federal charges against Jair Bolsonaro, alleging that the former president attempted a coup in 2023. Focus Pix / ShutterstockThe Brazilian attorney-general has charged the country’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, with participating in a plot to cling to power through a coup d’etat in 2022. If Bolsonaro is convicted, he could spend between 38 and 43 years in prison. Bolsonaro, who governed Brazil between 2019 …
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