For the Attorney General’s Office, the former president “actively contributed to the radicalization process” and “used his power and position to instigate an institutional rupture”
The (Attorney General’s Office) stated, on Monday (14.Jul.2025), that the former president (PL) “directly fed dissatisfaction and social chaos”After his electoral defeat to the current Chief Executive (PT).
The statement was filed to the (Federal Supreme Court) in the final allegation of the criminal action that investigates the central core of the attempted coup d’état in 2022. Here is (PDF – 5.4 MB).
The text is signed by the Attorney General, Paulo Gonet. He stated that, throughout the transition of power, Bolsonaro sought “keep part of your electorate in a state of continuous mobilization”, What would have resulted in the“violent manifestations ” from January 8th.
According to PGR, the former president collaborated with “dissatisfaction and social chaos”By refusing“to recognize the electoral defeat clearly ” And when it did not promote “the demobilization of camps”.
For the Attorney General, the behavior of Bolsonaro, “Far from being a peaceful gesture, it has revealed an active contribution to the radicalization process”.
In the final allegation, AE of 7 other defendants. In the document presented, Gonet stated that “Examination of facts and evidence reveals that Jair Bolsonaro played a central role in the orchestration and promotion of undemocratic acts. ”
He added that the former president’s leadership “Regarding the coup movement, the control exercised over the protesters and the instrumentalization of state institutions, for personal and illegal purposes, are elements that prove, without a doubt, the defendant’s criminal liability in the acts of subversion of the democratic order”.
According to PGR, the former president, instead of “facilitate the transition [de governo]as alleged by the defense (…), it used its power and position to instigate an institutional rupture ”.
Gonet mentioned that of participating in the transmission ceremony of the presidential range. In his statement to STF Minister Alexandre de Moraes, rapporteur of the action in the 1st class of the Supreme, Bolsonaro said, without being asked about the matter, that he did not attend the ceremony by.
It is, according to PGR, of “a clear indicative of their disinterest in respecting democratic norms and their failure to promote a peaceful transition, a fundamental duty of the position he held”.
Watch the moment of the interrogation in which it talks about the ceremony (45s):
