Brazil’s prosecutor-general files charges against ex-President Bolsonaro over alleged coup plan

Brazilian General Prosecutor on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the former president Jair Bolsonaro To attempt a state strike to stay on duty after his defeat of the 2022 election.

General Prosecutor Paulo Gonet claims that Bolsonaro and 33 others participated in the plan to stay in power, despite the loss of electricity President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Brazilian former President Bolsonaro and Assistant Charged with the alleged attempt to coup 2022

Last November, federal police submitted a GONET report to 884 pages with the details of the scheme. They claim that the systematic sowing of distrust in the electoral system among the population involved the systematic sowing of the population, drawing a decree to plot whether the veneer of legality is, pressing the top military messing to go with the plan and to encourage riots in the capital.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrives at lunch with senators from his support base, in the National Congress building in Brazilia in Brazil, on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

AND Supreme Court He will analyze the accusations and, if accepted, Bolsonaro will judge.

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The leader of the far right denies injustice. “I have no concern for charges, zero,” Bolsonar told reporters earlier on Tuesday during a visit to Senate in Brasilia.

“Did you see the coup decree, anything?

Bolsonaro lawyer did not immediately respond to the commentary request.