00:00Brazilian Federal Police formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro in the case
00:05of attempted coup d'etat against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
00:09Our correspondent Brian Meyer has the details.
00:13In Brasilia, Brazil's Federal Police have just released their final report of a nearly
00:17two-year investigation into the failed January 8th, 2023 coup attempt in which thousands
00:25of people stormed the Supreme Court building, the Congress building, and the Presidential
00:30Palace, destroying property.
00:33Well across Brazil, high-tension electrical towers were sabotaged, leading to blackouts
00:39in an attempt to pressure President Lula into declaring a state of emergency which would
00:45have turned power over to the military.
00:50Included with this final report is a list of 37 names of people who have been indicted
00:56for three crimes, forming an organized criminal organization, attempting a coup, and trying
01:04to create a rupture with a democratic rule of law.
01:08The most prominent name on this list, former President Jair Bolsonaro, who has already
01:12been indicted for two other crimes.
01:16Also on this list, his former vice presidential candidate in 2022, General Walter Braga Neto,
01:22who was also his defense minister.
01:26General Augusto Heleno, who many people around the world remember as being the commander
01:31of the Minastah troops during the notorious Cite Soleil massacre in Haiti, who served
01:37as Bolsonaro's chief of institutional security.
01:42Also the former chief of Bolsonaro's intelligence apparatus, Abin Alexandre Ramegan, and a former
01:49employee of the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia, Felipe Martins.
01:54So what are the next steps?
01:55The report has been submitted to the Attorney General's office.
01:59The Attorney General is going to review all of the evidence and decide for each individual
02:03case if the government will formally press charges.
02:07This process is expected to take a couple of weeks because it's a long document.
02:11And then trials will start being scheduled.
02:15It's important to remember this is Bolsonaro's third indictment, so his legal troubles are
02:19mounting and the idea that he could get any kind of amnesty, along with the other people
02:25who've been arrested for involvement in the coup attempt, is quickly fading away as his
02:30legal worries mount.
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