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Brazil police investigate ex-President Bolsonaro’s top aides over alleged coup plot

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By DIANE JEANTET and DAVID BILLER
Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police have searched homes and offices of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s top aides in an investigation alleging they plotted a coup and that the ex-president was aware of the plan. Court documents show that the alleged plot involved having Bolsonaro sign a decree in the event that he lost the 2022 election to declare that the vote was fraudulent, to justify a possible military intervention and convene new elections Though Bolsonaro did lose the election, the right-wing leader never issued the decree to set the final stage of the alleged plan into motion. Bolsonaro was not himself a target of Thursday’s searches, but like others was ordered to forfeit his passport.

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