Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot to remain in office after his defeat in 2022.

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro and several aides indicted on charges of attempting a coup in 2022, police say

The right-wing former president “is already barred from running in the 2026 elections,” observes political scientist at Insper University in São Paulo.

Brazil’s Federal Police have formally accused former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others of plotting a coup to keep him in office.

Bolsonaro denied any wrongdoing and claimed to be the victim of a witch hunt by President Lula and left-leaning judges, the report said. "They don't just want me in jail, they want me dead," the 69-year-old told the newspaper.