The former Brazilian president is one of the targets of Federal Police operation Tempus Veritatis, launched to investigate an alleged criminal organization believed to have attempted a coup d’état.
The decision targets the onetime president as well as his 2022 running mate General Braga Netto over the use of Independence Day celebrations on Sep. 7, 2022, for electoral purposes.
The bicameral commission investigating the anti-democratic riots of Jan. 8 has approved the request to charge Bolsonaro and 60 others—including five former ministers and eight generals of the Armed Forces—with an attempted coup.
The former president will be heard by the Brazilian Federal Police in an investigation into jewelry sets received from the government of Saudi Arabia during a visit by Brazilian authorities to the country.
He left for the United States two days before he was due to hand over the presidential sash to Lula on Jan. 1. For security reasons, Bolsonaro did not leave the airport through the usual arrival hall, but he used an alternative route.