Brazilian police released a report on Thursday formally accusing former President Jair Bolsonaro, an icon of the global far-right movement, of plotting a coup attempt to stop rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office after the leftist leader won the 2022 election.

The AP reports that Brazilian police indicted former President Bolsonaro and aides over an alleged 2022 coup attempt. Like Donald Trump, Bolsonaro attempted to stay in power after losing the 2022 election.

Bolsonaro was banned from running for office for eight years after being accused of undermining Brazilian democracy by falsely claiming that electronic ballots used in the October 2022 poll were vulnerable to hacking and fraud. The bitterly fought election was won by an extremely narrow margin by left-winger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Brazil's federal police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others on charges of attempting a coup after his 2022 election defeat. The Supreme Court will review the charges, and these developments add to Bolsonaro's existing legal challenges,

That is because General Prosecutor Paulo Gonet is planning to merge three Federal Police investigations into Bolsonaro's actions against Brazil's democratic system and produce one single global indictment against him,

Police have formally accused Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people of attempting a coup to keep the right-wing leader in office after his defeat in the 2022 elections.

In a story published Nov. 21, 2024, The Associated Press reported that Federal Police indicted Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro and allies for attempting a coup.