Conservative former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for allegedly plotting to poison current radical leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and stage a "coup" following his narrow defeat in the 2022 presidential election, Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) unanimously ruled on Wednesday. The post Brazil: Jair Bolsonaro Due for Trial, Facing up to 39 Years in Prison appeared first on Breitbart.
Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial in Brazil for allegedly plotting to poison President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and stage a coup after the 2022 election. The Supreme Federal Tribunal unanimously ruled to accept criminal charges of attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, attempted coup d’état, involvement in an armed criminal organization, and qualified damage and deterioration of listed heritage against Bolsonaro and seven others. If convicted on all charges, Bolsonaro could face up to 39 years in prison. Bolsonaro denies the charges, accusing "those in power" of authoritarian tactics.
