Bombshell police report details alleged Bolsonaro plot to stage rightwing coup

Former president accused of leading role in apparent scheme to overturn 2022 election defeat by rival Lula

Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has moved a step closer to jail after a federal police investigation laid bare what it called a murderous authoritarian plot to explode the country's democratic system with a military coup that the far-right populist allegedly helped mastermind.

Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied involvement in an attempt to overturn the result of the 2022 presidential election, which he narrowly lost to his leftwing rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.