{"id":2404008,"date":"2025-02-18T21:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T02:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brazil-charges-bolsonaro-over-alleged-coup-plan-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T21:52:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T02:52:27","slug":"brazil-charges-bolsonaro-over-alleged-coup-plan-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brazil-charges-bolsonaro-over-alleged-coup-plan-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil charges Bolsonaro over alleged coup plan &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrazil-charges-bolsonaro-over-alleged-coup-plan-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404008&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>brazil&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-seeks-to-seize-assets-left-behind-by-foreign-companies-leaving\/\" title=\"Russia Seeks to Seize Assets Left Behind by Foreign Companies Leaving\">prosecutor-general<\/a> has charged former \u2064President \u200bJair Bolsonaro with attempting to orchestrate a coup following his defeat in the 2022 elections. The indictment alleges that Bolsonaro and\u2063 33 accomplices devised a plan to retain power, which included plotting to \u200bpoison his \u200csuccessor, President \u2063Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, and assassinating Supreme court Justice Alexandre\u200b de Moraes. Prosecutor Paulo Gonet describes the scheme as \u200ba systematic effort to undermine the electoral process and \u2063establish a\u2064 &#8220;criminal association&#8221;\u2064 aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-a-year-of-democrats-hyperventilating-over-jan-6-voters-trust-republicans-more-to-protect-democracy\/\" title=\"After A Year Of Democrats Hyperventilating Over Jan. 6, Voters Trust Republicans More To \u2018Protect Democracy\u2019\">dismantling democratic institutions<\/a>. The allegations stem from\u2063 an\u2064 extensive investigation by Brazil&#8217;s Federal\u2063 Police and will be reviewed by the Supreme Court, which \u200ccould \u2064lead to a trial. \u200dBolsonaro \u200ddenies any wrongdoing\u200c and claims to have no concern\u2063 over the \u2063accusations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Brazil&rsquo;s prosecutor-general charges Bolsonaro over alleged coup plan<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1997785\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>RIO DE JANEIRO &mdash;<\/strong> Brazil&rsquo;s prosecutor-general on Tuesday charged&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/jair-bolsonaro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">former President Jair Bolsonaro<\/a>&nbsp;with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat in a plot that included a plan to poison successor and current&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Luiz In&aacute;cio Lula da Silva<\/a>&nbsp;and kill a Brazilian Supreme Court judge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet alleges that Bolsonaro and 33 others participated in a plan to remain in power. The alleged plot, he wrote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">included a plan<\/a> to poison Lula and shoot dead Supreme Court Justice&nbsp;Alexandre de Moraes, a foe of the former president.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former Brazil&rsquo;s President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press after his wife Michelle Bolsonaro embarks on a flight to the United States to attend the inauguration ceremony of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, at Brasilia International Airport, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo\/Eraldo Peres)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">criminal organization structured<\/a> a plan at the presidential palace to attack institutions, aiming to bring down the system of the powers and the democratic order, which received the sinister name of &lsquo;Green and Yellow Dagger,&rsquo;&rdquo; Gonet wrote in a 272-page indictment. &ldquo;The plan was conceived and taken to the knowledge of the president, and he agreed to it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In November, Brazil&rsquo;s Federal Police filed an 884-page report with Gonet detailing the scheme. They allege a systematic effort to sow distrust in the electoral system, drafting a decree to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whos-pandemic-treaty-is-a-gift-to-china-and-a-globalist-nightmare-for-everyone-else\/\" title=\"WHO\u2019s Pandemic Treaty Is A Gift To China And A Globalist Nightmare For Everyone Else\">provide legal cover<\/a> for the plot, pressuring top military brass to go along with the plan, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-government-caribbean-0c03c098a5e2a09ac534412c30ae8355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">inciting a riot in the capital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court will analyze the charges; if accepted, Bolsonaro will stand trial.<\/p>\n<p>The far-right leader denies wrongdoing. &ldquo;I have no concerns about the accusations, zero,&rdquo; Bolsonaro told journalists earlier on Tuesday during a visit to the Senate in Brasilia.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Have you seen the coup decree, by any chance? You haven&rsquo;t. Neither have I,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>A lawyer for Bolsonaro did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>As well as participating in a coup d&rsquo;&eacute;tat, the 34 defendants are accused of participating in an armed criminal organization, attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, damage qualified by violence and serious threat against the state&rsquo;s assets, and deterioration of listed heritage, according to a statement from the Prosecutor General&rsquo;s press office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gonet said the criminal organization he charged &ldquo;had as leaders the (then) president himself and his running mate, Gen. Braga Netto.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Both accepted, stimulated, and performed acts that are described in our criminal legislation as attacking the existence and the Independence of (the branches) of power and of the democratic rule,&rdquo; Gonet wrote in his report.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1997785\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1997785\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil&#8217;s prosecutor-general charges Bolsonaro with coup attempt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2404009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jair-Bolsonaro.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13949,4403,50634],"class_list":["post-2404008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bolsonaro","tag-brazil","tag-coup-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jair-Bolsonaro.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404008"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404012,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404008\/revisions\/2404012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}