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January 18, 2023

Brazil Charges 39 Bolsonaro Supporters with Staging a Coup
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Brazil's prosecutor general has charged 39 supporters of former
President Jair Bolsonaro in connection with the January 8 attack on the
Brazilian Supreme Court, Congress and presidential palace in the capital
Brasília. The defendants are charged with staging a coup and other
crimes. The charges come days after Brazil's Supreme Court announced it
would investigate Bolsonaro for inspiring the January 8 attack.


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