Gear Bolsonaro ordered a trial in Brazil to an attempt to coup

Gere Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil, will face a trial on charges that he supervised a wide plan to cling to power after losing in the 2022 elections, including an attempt to cancel the vote and a conspiracy to assassinate the country -elected president, and the country’s Supreme Court decided on Wednesday.

The ruling is a great effort to hold Mr. Bolsonaro accountable for the accusations that sought to dismantle Brazilian democracy effectively by organizing a broad plan to depict a coup.

The Supreme Court judge, Alexander de Morais, who supervises the case, said in explaining his decision that Mr. Bolsonaro “knew, discussed and discussed” plans for a coup.

Mr. Bolsonaro and seven members will be tried in his internal circle, including his colleague in running and a former spy chief last month From “the abolition of the democratic rule of the law” and “the coup”, among other crimes.

In a surprise step, Mr. Bolsonaro attended the first day of the two -day hearing, along with his lawyers, but he remained silent.

In a statement, Mr. Bolsonaro said that the court’s decision was a political drive, describing it as an attempt to “silence the opposition.”

Mr. Bolsonaro, who was prevented from running for positions until 2030, added that the president should be chosen by the Brazilians “in the ballot box, and not a handful of judges in the courtroom.”

Celso Sanchez Vilaardi, a lawyer for Mr. Bolsonaro, did not deny the existence of a coup plot, describing the details of the plan “very dangerous” in his argument before the Supreme Court. But he insisted that there was no connection between Mr. Bolsonaro and the scheme.

“Polsonaro is the most achieved president in the country’s history,” Mr. Villardi told the court. “Nothing was found at all.”

The Five Supreme Court Committee voted justice unanimously to proceed with a trial.

The trial, which has not yet been set, is the result of a two -year comprehensive investigation as the police raided homes and offices, arrested people close to Mr. Bolsonaro and included a major recognition from one of the assistants to the former president.

In a report of 884 pages unpacked Last NovemberInvestigators accused Mr. Bolsonaro of directing and approved a detailed conspiracy, which included plans to cancel the election results, solution courts, and to grant special powers to the military president and the elected toxins Luise Ine Lula da Silva a few days before he took office.

Judge Morris, who was seen by the far right as a opponent of Mr. Bolsonaro, was the same as the target of the assassination plans revealed by the coup probe.

The investigation revealed the extent of Brazil to return to a military dictatorship of nearly four decades in its history as a modern democracy.

The plan, according to public prosecutors, including Sowing sowing is unfounded On the reliability of Brazil’s electronic voting machines in the months before the 2022 vote. Mr. Bolsonaro claimed that he could only lose if the elections were formed in favor of his opponent.

After Mr. Bolsonaro lost, he and his allies encouraged the right -wing demonstrators to the camp in front of military barracks throughout the country, demanding that the army fluctuate the results. A week after Mr. Lula took office, many of these demonstrators stormed Power halls in Brazil In an episode that repeated the January 6 attack on Capitol by President Trump’s supporters.

Experts say that Mr. Bolsonaro is unlikely to be arrested before his trial, unless Judge Morris sees it as a flight risk.

After the police searched the house of Mr. Bolsonaro and seized his passport last year, Two nights At the Hungarian embassy in Brazil, he raised questions about whether he had sought to use his relationships with a right -wing leader as a lever to evade possible detention.

If convicted, Mr. Bolsonaro may face imprisonment from 12 to 40 years, according to the indictment, although political analysts expect any shortening penalty. The condemnation also will make it permanently qualified to run for positions under the current law.

In an attempt to save the political future of Mr. Bolsonaro, legislators, who were to be with the former president, tried to amend a Brazilian law prohibiting convicted criminals to run for a position.

They also pushed a new bill that would pardon those convicted during the rebellion on January 8, 2023 in the capital of Brazil, which may also benefit from Mr. Bolsonaro’s efforts to run again.

Mr. Bolsonaro appears to be a bet on support from Mr. Trump. Last week, one of the sons of Mr. Bolsonaro said he was planning Searching for political asylum In the United States and pressure the Trump administration to pressure the Brazilian authorities to stop what he calls the unjust pursuit of his father.

Last month, just hours after the Brazilian prosecutors, Mr. Bolsonaro, Mr. Trump Media Company A lawsuit against Judge Muawis, The judge oversees the case, in the US Federal Court, accusing him of monitoring the illegal right voices on social media.