Bolsonaro Denounces Baseless Coup Charges as Brazil’s Judiciary Pursues Politically Charged Trial

In a dramatic showdown before Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court, former President Jair Bolsonaro emphatically rejected the trumped-up accusations accusing him of orchestrating a coup to block the inauguration of his duly elected successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. With nearly 40 years in prison hanging over his head, Bolsonaro’s defense laid bare the thin evidentiary basis of the case, highlighting alarming signs of political manipulation within Brazil’s judiciary. Is This Justice or Political Persecution? Bolsonaro’s lawyers argue that the prosecution has failed to present any concrete proof that their client ever sought to subvert Brazil’s democratic process. Instead, they portray...