Brazilian federal police have accused former President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies of attempting a coup following the 2022 election. Bolsonaro has been ordered to surrender his passport, and over 45 political allies are targeted in the investigation, with some close aides facing arrest. The police have raided Bolsonaro's home and his party's headquarters, seeking evidence of a military coup plot.
Police raids on former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his associates for allegedly plotting a coup after the 2022 election has dealt a serious blow to his right-wing party ahead of October's local elections. https://t.co/BnEq6G5TVj
Bolsonaro coup probe weakens Brazil's right-wing opposition https://t.co/Gxf1vkiskm https://t.co/rgdWvU7oFL
⚠️ ANALYSIS-BOLSONARO COUP PROBE WEAKENS BRAZIL'S RIGHT-WING OPPOSITION (Reuters) Police raids on former President Jair Bolsonaro and his associates for allegedly plotting a coup after the 2022 election has weakened right-wing opposition to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva… https://t.co/xjgBEqVs9S
Brazilian prosecutors reportedly have evidence that Jair Bolsonaro had “direct participation” in a plot to overturn the 2022 election results, raising the possibility of his arrest. A 🧵 by our @BrazilInst director, @hourly_radio 👇 https://t.co/KZ12m3t2fg
Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro is reeling from a damning avalanche of revelations as police investigate him and his inner circle for allegedly plotting a coup https://t.co/Rg8R0mSF0m
I love that Brazil is a country where coup plotters draw up a “minuta do golpe” (uhh, coup rough-draft?). And that Bolsonaro was kind of like the editor https://t.co/HuOpa00qBW
Jair Bolsonaro hands over passport as police probe coup attempt following election defeat https://t.co/kii6hTc4X3
I love that Brazil is a country where coup plotters write down a “minuta do golpe” (uhh, coup minutes?). Anyway the police just found them in Bolsonaro’s office https://t.co/6vvUxtPdiI
#FromTheSouth News Bits | Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro had to deliver his passport within 24 hours by order of the federal police, who are investigating him for his alleged participation in the coup attempt of January 8, 2023, when his followers attacked the Congress. https://t.co/qMstUPcpvh
Brazilian police on Thursday searched homes and offices of former President Jair Bolsonaro's top aides in an investigation alleging they plotted a coup and that the ex-president was aware of the plan, court documents showed. https://t.co/hHtXgss4hv
Brazil's police confiscated Jair Bolsonaro's passport, bags of seized items from his Liberal Party's headquarters, and sought to arrest some of his closest aides as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to carry out a military coup https://t.co/fPIWDUPjXg https://t.co/HrbJG7d8ZE
Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro under investigation in probe into attempted coup https://t.co/kT2MGzr0Rk
Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passport after probe into alleged coup https://t.co/z6GNQuKgib
Brazilian police have confiscated former President Jair Bolsonaro's passport in a coup attempt investigation ⤵️ https://t.co/QtfIruGAnz
Brazilian police confiscated former President Jair Bolsonaro's passport and accused him of editing a draft decree to overturn election results, pressuring military chiefs to join a coup attempt and plotting to jail a Supreme Court justice https://t.co/fPIWDUOM7I https://t.co/aMCD8Jctc9
Brazil police investigate ex-President Bolsonaro's top aides over alleged coup plot (from @AP) By @dianejeantet & @DLBiller https://t.co/aRusaFSYW8
Jair Bolsonaro Surrenders Passport to Brazil Police As Coup Investigation Heats Up Read more here: https://t.co/3ix1dHgZ0y
Brazilian authorities seized the passport of former President Jair Bolsonaro and arrested four of his close allies over allegations that they plotted a military takeover as early as late-2022 https://t.co/5RWtWwxxWj https://t.co/5RWtWwxxWj
A federal police source said the evidence against Bolsonaro was strong. The seizure of his passport offers benefits of an arrest, such as mitigating flight risk, without creating as much noise. "Arrest would open up...allegations of political persecution." https://t.co/jrsX8ucAUz
Police seize Jair Bolsonaro’s passport in ‘coup’ investigation https://t.co/lykTrCNIFp
A federal police source said the evidence against Bolsonaro was strong. The seizure of his passport offers benefits of an arrest, such as mitigating flight risk, without creating as much noise. Arrest "would open up...allegations of political persecution." https://t.co/jrsX8ucAUz
Brazilian police are investigating several top allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly trying to overturn the results of the country's 2022 election. https://t.co/WAm4BOFoS9
Brazilian police ordered former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro to give up his passport as they probe several of his allies in a suspected attempt to overturn the results of the country’s 2022 election. https://t.co/M5etSpPvsw
All of us watching what transpired in Brazil 15 months ago predicted exactly this ⤵️ This is what communists and fascists do…they arrest their opposition. Brazil has fallen. It now looks like Venezuela. https://t.co/Pkr9WD9A2B
Today, the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil launched its largest operation to date against the Brazilian right-wing, particularly supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro. A total of 48 arrest warrants, search and seizure orders, and other precautionary measures were issued. The…
BREAKING: Brazil's Supreme Court (STF) today ordered a massive police raid against former President Jair Bolsonaro and 45 of his closest allies. All their passport were seized and they are accused of having planned a coup to overturn the 2022 election. 🇧🇷 https://t.co/seBhnqrLbg
BREAKING: Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro’s Home Raided and Passport Seized via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/dQttMMOHON
JUST IN: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro targeted in a federal investigation into whether his government plotted a military coup in Brazil. He has been ordered to surrender his passport. https://t.co/VvlHL43vwG
What Brazil is doing to Bolsonaro is exactly what the Democrats are doing to President Trump: 1. Steal the election 2. Accuse him of insurrection 3. Prevent him from running for office 4. Throw him in jail https://t.co/KRFEay6LIx
Ex-Brazilian President Bolsonaro Targeted In Coup Probe: Here’s What To Know https://t.co/JYvfnJw0bH https://t.co/GZWjMidOLi
Brazil and America have both turned into Banana republics with the prosecution of political enemies In America they are after Trump and in Brazil they are after Bolsonario https://t.co/GJrwLVbJND
Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passport in Brazil ‘coup plot’ probe https://t.co/unrqtnEbSO
Bolsonaro named target in Brazil coup probe, ordered to surrender passport https://t.co/hWy4wYBFrf
Brazil's federal police sought to confiscate former President Jair Bolsonaro's passport and arrest some of his closest aides, sources said, as part of an investigation into an alleged coup attempt after he lost the 2022 election https://t.co/fE4VXgtFWT https://t.co/uKfyoZHXcc
NEW: Bolsonaro to surrender passport as Brazil probes ‘coup’ https://t.co/WUOj83cMhg
We're hearing serious new allegations today regarding Jair Bolsonaro's attempt to overturn the 2022 election, including that 1) Bolsonaro himself revised a so-called 'plan for a coup' and 2) an active-duty general promised troops on street in support https://t.co/1GsSxxBO4H
Imagine: #Brazil authorities going after "the former president & his allies" over "suspicions of an attempted coup; attacks on...election systems; attacks on Covid-19 vaccines; falsifying vaccination records; & stealing government funds & foreign gifts" https://t.co/aUqn8wcI3f
BREAKING: Brazilian federal police have accused Trump's friend in Brazil and former President Jair Bolsonaro of attempting a coup after the 2022 presidential election. This led to a court order for a police raid today, targeting Bolsonaro and over 45 of his political allies. https://t.co/rMXzVfrzrt
Brazil Police Accuse Bolsonaro and Allies of Attempted Coup Brazilian federal police raided the former president and his top allies on accusations that they attempted to overturn the results of the 2022 election https://t.co/NnKhxC8N6e
Breaking News: Brazilian federal police accused the former president Jair Bolsonaro of attempting a coup following Brazil’s 2022 presidential election. https://t.co/Xnis2q13pH
#Brazil Police Accuse Bolsonaro and Allies of Attempted Coup - The New York Times https://t.co/3gVXTzYyCw
At the same time the US Supreme Court is deciding whether Trump can be disqualified from the ballot for insurrection, authorities in Brazil have charged former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump clone, of orchestrating a coup to stay in office. https://t.co/9QwXDjD3Df
Folks…Brazil’s FBI has video footage of Bolsonaro and close advisors gathering for a meeting with “coup-plotting dynamics” 👀👀 https://t.co/0g6pOpKzcI