Military leaders allege Bolsonaro proposed election reversal plan after defeat

According to recently released judicial documents from the Supreme Court, former Army and Air Force commanders have testified that Jair Bolsonaro presented a plan to reverse the results of the December 2022 presidential election. This marks the first direct mention of Bolsonaro as being actively involved in attempts to change the election outcome, which he lost to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The military officials also claimed they tried to dissuade him from such actions and warned him that any attempt to overturn the results could lead to his arrest. These testimonies provide some of the initial evidence of Bolsonaro's involvement in an effort to subvert the vote.