The Brazilian prosecutor says that former President Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally, guilty of a coup d’etat

Brasilia -A prosecutor asked the Supreme Court of Brazil on Tuesday to find former President Jair Bolsonaro guilty of conspiring a coup d’etat, in final arguments after a trial that saw President Trump try to intervene in the name of his right -wing ally. Bolsonaro is accused of trying to cancel the 2022 elections Cattle by his leftist opponent, the current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The Prosecutor’s Office told the Court that Bolsonaro, a former army officer, and another seven were guilty of participating in the “Armed Criminal Association” and had tried to “violently overthrow the democratic order.”

After the defense presents its final arguments, a panel of five justices will decide the destiny of the former president. If he declares himself guilty, Bolsonaro and his coacked could face up to 40 years in prison.

Bolsonaro says he is a victim of political persecution, echoing Trump’s defense when He faced criminal charges before his White House returns.

“It’s not about imprisoning me; they want to eliminate me,” Bolsonaro told the Power News Website360 on Tuesday.

Prosecutors say that Bolsonaro tried to cancel his loss of 2022 in a plot that only failed because the army did not put aside with him. The plan supposedly included dozens of people and He involved a plot Veneno to Lula and shoot a judge from the Brazilian Supreme Court. Bolsonaro’s defense team has vehemently denied charges. Bolsonaro It has also been prohibited From applying for a position until 2030, after putting doubts on electronic voting machines in the country.

After the plot failed, the violent supporters of Bolsonaro mutinied, dragging through government buildings in the capital of Brasilia in scenes that echoed the assault of January 6, 2021 to the Capitol of the United States by Mr. Trump’s supporters after the Republican lost to the Democrat Joe Biden in 2020.

The trial has attracted the attention of Mr. Trump, who returned to power in the 2024 elections and continues to claim, despite the fact that the courts repeatedly rejected, which he won in 2020. Trump has repeatedly asked social networks so that Bolsonaro’s trial is arrested, accusing the authorities in Brazil to set up a “witch hunt” and a “misfortune.”

On July 9, he brought his campaign to new extraordinary levels by announcing plans to rate with Brazilian imports to the United States at 50%, citing again what he called a “witch hunt” against Bolsonaro. And on Tuesday, Washington said he was opening an investigation into “unjust commercial practices” in Brazil, a measure that could provide a legal basis to justify imposing tariffs on the largest economy in South America.

Unlike the tariffs that Trump is slapping countries from much of the world, including the main American allies, measures against Brazil, which will enter into force on August 1, were announced in openly political terms.

Trump cited “Brazil’s insidious attacks against free elections,” among other issues, warning about greater climbing if the country repaired, something that Lula indicated that it would happen.

Unlike many other countries that have been threatened with tariff walks, the United States directs a commercial surplus with Brazil, which means that Brazil buys more American goods than the United States that buys from Brazil. Last year, the United States exported around $ 49 billion in goods to Brazil, and Brazil exported just over $ 42 billion in goods to the US. UU., According to the figures of the Census Office.

On Friday, Trump reiterated his statement that Bolsonaro was being treated unfairly.

“They are treating President Bolsonaro very unfairly,” Trump told reporters, calling him “a good man.”

“I know the honest, and I know the twisted,” he added.

Lula has responded to Trump’s “interference”, insisting that “no one is above the law.”

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