Brazil’s Bolsonaro Plotted Coup After Election Defeat, Congressional Probe Finds
- House committee recommends indictment of ex-Brazil leader
- Supporters stormed capital in bid to overturn election loss
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Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro should face criminal charges for plotting a coup d’etat in response to his 2022 election defeat, the lawmaker leading a congressional probe into Jan. 8 riots that ransacked the capital said in an official report.
Senator Eliziane Gama, the investigation’s rapporteur, also recommended on Tuesday Bolsonaro’s indictment on three other charges related to the insurrection attempt in Brasilia, during which thousands of the right-wing leader’s supporters stormed major government buildings in a bid to undermine President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s election victory.