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Jair Bolsonaro and dozens of others have been charged over an alleged plot to violently overturn his 2022 election loss.
Brazilian authorities have charged the country’s far-right former, Jair Bolsonaro, and dozens of his supporters with attempting to stage a coup to overturn his 2022 election loss, the country’s top prosecutor has announcced.
Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet said on tuesday that he had filed charges with brazil’s supreme court against bolsonaro and 33 other people, including some forms and an ex-Navy Chief.
“The responsibility for acts harmful to the democratic order falls upon a criminal organization led by Jair Messiah Bolsonaro, based on an authoritarian project of power,” the charging document.
Bolsonaro, a former army captain who served as president from 2019 to 2022, is unlikely to be arrested before his trial unless supreme court justice alexandre de moraes, who is overseeing the case, deems him a flight risk.
The indictment marks the first time brazilian authorities have charged the right-wing populist leader with a crime, and representations a new blow to the 69-year-old, who had been plotting his increasingly polyback.
The Charges Come Following A Two-Year Brazilian Federal Police Investigation- which concluded in November -Inlo Bolsonaro’s role leading an election-denying movement that culminated in thousands of his supporters rioting in the country’s capital, Brazilia, in January 2023.
The Riots took place a week after leftist president luz inacio lula da silva took office after narrowly defeating bolsonaro in the 2022 national election.
Bolsonaro’s Supporters Stormed Brazil’s Presidential Palace, Congress and the Supreme Court in Scenes reminiscent of the January 6, 2021 Insurrection in Washington, DC, When United States President Donald Trump’s Supporters Stormed the Capitol Building.
‘Violent overthrow’
In their report, published in November, Police accused Bolsonaro, along with 36 others, or planning the “violent overthrow of the democratic state”.
Among the Bolsonaro Administration Officials also accused of involvement were the head of his liberal party, Valdemar Costa Neto, as well as former Defense Minister Walter Braga Net, ex-National Security Adviser Augusto Heleno and Former Justice Minister Anderson Torres.
Bolsonaro, who has denied breaking any laws, has labeled allegations against him a politically motivated witch-hunt orchestrated by his opponents.
Two Previous Court decisions have blocked bolsonaro from running for president in 2026, as judges ruled to bar him from Holding Public Office Until 2030 Over his conduct following the 2022 election.
Also in November, Brazilian Police Accused Five People or Planning to Assassinate President Lula and Vice President Geraldo Alkmin before they took office in December 2022.
Police said most of the men under investigation is military person with special forces training, or close aides to Bolsonaro.
