World News | Brazil's Prosecutor-general Files Charges Against Ex-president Bolsonaro over Alleged Coup Plan

Rio De Janeiro, Feb 19 (AP) Brazil's prosecutor-general on Tuesday filed charges against former president Jair Bolsonaro for attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.

Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet alleges that Bolsonaro and 33 others participated in plan to remain in power despite losing to current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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Last November, Federal Police filed an 884-page report with Gonet detailing the scheme. They allege it involved systematically sowing distrust of the electoral system among the populace, drafting a decree to give the plot a veneer of legality, pressuring top military brass to go along with the plan, and inciting a riot in the capital. (AP)

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