Brazil’s Supreme Court announces it will try Bolsonaro for coup attempt | Courts News

The former president has been accused of five crimes including attempting a coup d’etat.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to stand trial on charges of attempting a coup d’etat after failing to win the re-election in 2022.

Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain who served as Brazil’s president from 2019 to 2022, is accused of five crimes, including an alleged attempt to violently abolish the democratic rule of law. He has denounced the accusations…