Brazil’s Bolsonaro testifies before Supreme Court over alleged coup plan | Jair Bolsonaro News

Ex-president rejects charges; he and seven co-accused risk prison sentences of up to 40 years in this ‘historic’ trial.

Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, testifying for the first time before the nation’s Supreme Court, has denied involvement in an alleged coup plot to remain in power and overturn the 2022 election result that he lost to current leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Bolsonaro, 70, and seven of his close allies were questioned by a panel of top…