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Brazil's Bolsonaro should be charged with attempting to stage a coup, congressional panel says

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A Brazilian congressional panel has accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of instigating the country’s Jan. 8 riots and recommended that he be charged with attempting to stage a coup. The inquiry has been conducted by a panel of lawmakers mostly allied with the current leftist President Luiz Ináci…

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  1. Los Angeles Times

    Congressional report in Brazil recommends charges for Bolsonaro over Jan. 8 insurrection (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    A draft congressional report on Brazil’s Jan. 8 riots has accused ex-President Jair Bolsonaro of being the insurrection’s mastermind.

  2. Bloomberg

    Brazil’s Bolsonaro Plotted Coup After Election Defeat, Congressional Probe Finds (opens Bloomberg)

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    Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro should face criminal charges for plotting a coup d’etat in response to his 2022 election defeat, the lawmaker leading a congressional probe into Jan. 8 riots that ransacked the capital said in an official report.

  3. The Guardian

    Bolsonaro was engineer of ‘wilful coup attempt’, Brazil congress inquiry alleges (opens The Guardian)

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    Congressional investigation into failed rightwing insurrection on 8 January calls for former president to be charged with four crimes

  4. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Congressional draft report in Brazil recommends charges for Bolsonaro over Jan. 8 insurrection (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    A draft congressional report on Brazil's Jan. 8 riots on Tuesday accused ex-President Jair Bolsonaro of being the insurrection's mastermind and recommended he be criminally charged with attempting to stage a coup.

  5. PBS NewsHour

    Congressional draft report in Brazil recommends charges for Bolsonaro over insurrection attempt (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Bolsonaro has denied involvement in the rioting, which took place after he had quietly left the country to stay in Florida while refusing to attend the inauguration of incoming President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

  6. WSVN Miami

    Congressional draft report in Brazil recommends charges for Bolsonaro over Jan. 8 insurrection - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A draft congressional report on Brazil’s Jan. 8 riots on Tuesday accused ex-President Jair Bolsonaro of being the insurrection’s mastermind and recommended

  7. WDIO Duluth

    Brazil's Bolsonaro should be charged with attempting to stage a coup, congressional panel says (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    A Brazilian congressional panel has accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of instigating the country’s Jan. 8 riots and recommended that he be charged with attempting to stage a coup. The inquiry has been conducted by a panel of lawmakers mostly allied with the current leftist President Luiz Ináci…

  8. NPR

    Lawmakers in Brazil say Bolsonaro should be charged with attempting to stage a coup (opens NPR)

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    Former president Bolosnaro rejected the report's findings, issued by lawmakers mostly allied with the current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as biased. "It's completely biased," Bolsonaro said.

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