Brazil | Prosecutor requests conviction against ex-Pres. Bolsonaro in coup plot trial - video Dailymotion

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Brazilian prosecutor requested the nation's Supreme Court, Tuesday to convict former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and seven former cabinet officials for their alleged role in the 2023 coup attempt. teleSUR

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00:00A Brazilian prosecutor requested the nation's Supreme Court Tuesday to convict former far-right

00:06President Haida Bolsonaro and seven former cabinet officials for their alleged role in

00:11the 2023 coup attempt.

00:13The prosecutor points out that the upcoming sessions of the trial against the former president

00:18cannot be treated as an event of little relevance, since there is evidence of the way in which

00:23Bolsonaro carried out the coup attempt.

00:26The prosecution emphasizes that Bolsonaro and his officials documented their coup actions

00:31in their entirety through recordings, handwritings, digital files and exchange of electronic messages.

00:39The prosecutor Paulo Goneta explained that Haida Bolsonaro is the main articulator of these

00:44crimes with which he sought to fracture the rule of law in order to remain in power.

00:56The former head of state of Brazil, together with seven of his former officials, is accused

01:02of leading or being part of an ARC criminal organization that attacked the democratic rule of law.

01:08They have also been charged with causing serious damage through violence and threats, as well

01:14as damaging protected federal property.

Brazil | Prosecutor requests conviction against ex-Pres. Bolsonaro in coup plot trial

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