Brasilia, March 26 -- Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro's attempt to dismiss charges that he and several allies plotted to overturn the 2022 election results.
Bolsonaro and seven others are accused of orchestrating a plan to keep him in power after he lost to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Defense attorneys argued that their clients were denied access to key evidence and targeted by politically motivated investigations. They also challenged the court's jurisdiction and asked that the charges be split into separate cases.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseeing the investigation, said the defense had full access to the evidence and dismissed the claims as unfounded. The fiv...