Top court orders Bolsonaro to stand trial for coup plot

3 weeks ago

Brazil's Supreme Court ordered far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to stand trial on charges of plotting a coup after failing to win re-election in 2022. On Wednesday, a five-judge panel of the top court voted unanimously to put Bolsonaro on trial. The trial will be the first of an ex-leader accused of attempting to take power by force since the start of Brazil's