(26 Mar 2025)
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Brasilia, Brazil – 26 March 2025
1. Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil, arriving at briefing in front of the senate
2. Bolsonaro looking at some notes
3. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Jair Bolsonaro, Former President of Brazil:
"It seems like there is something personal against me. The accusation is very serious, baseless, and it’s not just empty words. It will take some time, but I have news for you."
4. Bolsonaro reading his notes
5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Jair Bolsonaro, Former President of Brazil:
"On January 8, I was in the United States. One of the five charges against me is destruction of property. Only if it were by telepathy. They conducted a fishing expedition, turned everyone’s life upside down. There were three search and seizure operations at my house, and they found nothing against me."
6. Bolsonaro reading notes
7. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Jair Bolsonaro, Former President of Brazil:
"The commanders would never embark on an adventure. Discussing, as my then-Army commander said, discussing constitutional provisions is not a crime."
8. Bolsonaro leaving
STORYLINE:
Former Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro says accusations against him are unfounded
It comes after a panel of Brazil Supreme Court justices on Wednesday unanimously accepted charges against him over an alleged attempt to stay in office.
“It seems that there is something personal against me,” Bolsonaro told journalists after the panel’s decision.
Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet has accused Bolsonaro and 33 others of attempting a coup that included a plan to poison his successor, current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and kill a Supreme Court judge.
The justices said seven close allies should also stand trial on five counts: attempting to stage a coup, involvement in an armed criminal organization, attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, damage characterized by violence and a serious threat against the state’s assets, and deterioration of listed heritage.
The former president has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and says he’s being politically persecuted.
Under Brazilian law, a coup conviction carries a sentence of up to 12 years. When combined with the other charges, it could result in a sentence of decades behind bars.
On Jan. 8, 2023, Bolsonaro supporters stormed the Supreme Court, presidential palace and Congress in Brasilia a week after Lula took office.
Bolsonaro has already been banned by Brazil’s top electoral court from running in elections until 2030 over abuse of power while in office and casting unfounded doubts on the country’s electronic voting system.
AP Video by Eduardo François
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