Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged in connection with an alleged coup plot to overturn the results of the 2022 election and keep his opponent from taking power, according to documents filed by prosecutors Tuesday evening.

Brazil’s prosecutor-general on Tuesday formally charged Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, in a plot that included a plan to poison his successor and kill a Supreme Court judge.

Brazil's federal electoral court barred Bolsonaro from public office until 2030 for abusing his political power in two different instances during his 2022 presidential ca