Brazil’s Bolsonaro To Stand Trial For Coup Attempt

The New York Times reports:

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, will face trial on charges that he oversaw a vast scheme to cling to power after losing the 2022 elections, including an attempt to overturn the vote and a plot to assassinate the nation’s president-elect, the country’s supreme court decided on Wednesday.

The ruling marks a significant effort to hold Mr. Bolsonaro accountable for accusations that he sought to effectively dismantle Brazil’s democracy by orchestrating a broad plan to stage a coup. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseeing the case, said in explaining his decision that there was no doubt Mr. Bolsonaro “knew, handled and discussed’’ plans for a coup.

Mr. Bolsonaro and seven members of his inner circle, including his running mate and a former spy chief, will be tried on chargesfiled by prosecutors last month of “violent abolition of the democratic rule of law’’ and “coup d’état,’’ among other crimes.

Read the full article. We could have had this for Trump.

Last month it was reported that Bolsonaro either knew about or personally approved of a plot to poison Brazil’s current president.

Bolsonaro must stand trial over alleged coup attempt, Brazil’s top court rules

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