Brazil's federal police said Thursday they indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people for allegedly attempting a coup to keep him in office after his defeat in the 2022 elections. Police said their findings were being delivered Thursday to Brazil's Supreme Court, which must decide whether to refer them to Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet, who will either formally charge Bolsonaro and put him on trial, or toss the investigation. The former right-wing president has denied all claims he tried to stay in office after his narrow electoral defeat in 2022 to his rival, leftist President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro has faced a series of legal threats since then.
Bolsonaro is already barred from running in the 2026 elections," Melo told the The Associated Press.
"And if he is convicted he could also be jailed by then. To avoid being behind bars, he will have to convince Supreme Court justices that he has nothing to do with a plot that involves dozens of his aids. That's a very tall order," Melo said.
On Tuesday, the federal police arrested four military and a federal police officer accused of plotting to overthrow the government following the 2022 elections, including alleged plans to kill Lula and other top officials.
@#1 ... It's sad that Brazil is better at handling insurrectionist ---------- than the USA. ...
Apparently, but maybe too soon to tell.
What is interesting is that back in the time, I remember fmr Pres Bolsonaro saying ho much he admired Pres-elect Trump and was echoing his (Trump's) tactics.
So, now they both seem to have wound up in similar place, i.e., charged with coup-type crimes.
Quelle surprise.
Bolsonaro: I 'admire' Trump (2018)
www.france24.com
... Jair Bolsonaro, the favorite to win the second round of Brazil's presidential elections, on Thursday declared himself an "admirer" of US President Donald Trump.
Speaking during his first news conference since securing 46 percent of the vote in Sunday's first round -- trailed by leftist Fernando Haddad, who took 29 percent -- populist Bolsonaro also denied being a far-right leader.
"I'm not far-right. Point to me an act of mine that is far-right," he said.
"When I spoke of the migration question, it's because we can't have a country with open borders," he added, a point echoing Trump's anti-immigration rhetoric.
"I'm an admirer of President Trump. He wants a great United States -- I want a great Brazil." ...
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