Brazil's former President Bolsonaro and aides indicted for alleged 2022 coup attempt

The Associated Press reported that the findings would be delivered to Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday, where they will be referred to Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet to either throw out the investigation or agree with the charges and put Bolsonaro on trial.

Bolsonaro, who leans right politically, has denied claims that he tried to remain in office after his defeat in 2022 to left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

After losing the election, Bolsonaro launched an aggressive campaign against the Brazilian government that claimed the election was stolen.

One week after Lula took office, Bolsonaro's supporters raided and trashed the buildings of the South American country's Supreme Court, Congress and the presidential palace. Hundreds of them are expected to stand trial.

In June 2023, electoral judges voted to ban the former leader from public leadership for eight years after determining he attacked the public's confidence in the country's democratic institutions. The court also deemed Bolsonaro a threat to political tensions.

The decision was made with four out of seven votes by the Superior Electoral Court.

It was the second formal accusation of criminal wrongdoing against Bolsonaro, having also been charged in March with forging his and others' COVID-19 vaccine records.

The former president denies any involvement in either allegation.

Fox News Digital's Timothy H.J. Nerozzi and Kyle Schmidbauer, along with The Associated Press, contributed to this report.