Brazil's Attorney General has charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting to overturn the 2022 election results that saw Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva take office. Following a violent insurrection by Bolsonaro's supporters in January 2023, the prosecutor general accused him of forming a 'criminal organization,' including plans to poison his successor and a Supreme Court judge. Bolsonaro, who denies the charges and claims a political witch hunt, faces potential imprisonment and has been barred from future presidential runs until 2030. The Supreme Court's decision on his trial is pending.
Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet unveiled the charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro, accusing him of leading a 'criminal organisation' to overturn Brazil's 2022 election.
The charges against Bolsonaro include a plan to poison his successor and a Supreme Court judge, in a broader context of attempting to 'violently dismantle the constitutional state'.
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