Brazil charges Bolsonaro with leading plot to seize power, kill rivals
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro faces serious allegations of leading a conspiracy to overthrow the government after his electoral defeat in 2022. The attorney general has charged him and 33 others with various crimes including public property destruction and participation in an armed organization. The charges follow an investigation that revealed Bolsonaro's attempts to undermine democracy and eliminate political rivals, potentially leading to a trial before Brazil's Supreme Court, which he has previously attacked for its legitimacy.
The responsibility for the harmful acts against the democratic order lays with the criminal organization led by Jair Messias Bolsonaro, based on an authoritarian project of power.
Bolsonaro helmed a plot to subvert democracy, assassinate political rivals and stay in power through military force despite losing the 2022 election.
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