Testimonies of two former military commanders to police include the first direct mentions of Jair Bolsonaro as actively participating in a conspiracy to ignore the results of the 2022 election.
SAO PAULO — Two top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented them a plan for him to remain in power after the 2022 election he lost, but both refused and warned him they would arrest him if he tried it, according to judicial documents released Friday.
Gen. Freire Gomes told federal police that in one of the gatherings Bolsonaro told the three commanders of his military and his then-Defense Secretary Paulo Sergio Nogueira he wanted to create a commission to"investigate the confirmation and the legality of the electoral process." He added other tools could be used, such as issuing a decree to declare a state of siege.
"If the commander had agreed, possibly, a coup d'etat attempt would have taken place," the federal police document quotes Baptista Jr. as saying. Bolsonaro's lawyer, Fabio Wajngarten, said on X, formerly Twitter, he never heard about any plot to keep the former president in office or threats from military commanders to put him in jail if he tried.
Top figures in the military giving lengthy testimonies to Federal Police is an ominous omen for Bolsonaro.
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