Brazil: Bolsonaro and military commanders discussed coup d’état to annul electoral results, according to collaborator

A close collaborator of JairBolsonaro He told police that the former Brazilian president and senior military officials met last year to discuss a military intervention to annul the election result after he lost, newspaper O Globo and news website UOL reported.

Bolsonaro’s former assistant, Mauro Cidagreed this month to cooperate with the Federal Police, which is investigating the former president for possible crimes, from the embezzlement of funds to the incitement of riots by his followers in January in the capital, Brasília. The police kept Cid’s statement confidential while they investigated.

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According to reports this Thursday, which did not cite sources, Cid allegedly told the police that Bolsonaro interviewed the commanders of the armed forces about a draft decree to annul the elections.

Cid and Bolsonaro’s lawyers They did not immediately respond to requests for comment. about the reports. The Federal Police said it does not comment on ongoing investigations.

Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes earlier this month authorized the cooperation agreement between Cid and the police and released him from prison, where he has been since May, when he was arrested as part of an investigation into the alleged falsification of Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 vaccine.

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Bolsonaro is accused of forging an electoral denialist movement that culminated in the assault on government buildings in Brasília, on January 8, by thousands of his supporters.

Brazil’s federal electoral court has already banned him from running for public office until 2030.

Source: Elcomercio

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