{"id":1935652,"date":"2025-06-09T22:13:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/?p=1935652"},"modified":"2025-06-10T01:55:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T23:55:41","slug":"bolsonaros-aide-confirms-election-overturn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/en\/latest-news\/2025-06-09\/bolsonaros-aide-confirms-election-overturn\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolsonaro\u2019s former aide confirms 2022 election overturn was discussed with military"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bras\u00edlia, (EFE).- Mauro Cid, a former aide to Brazil\u2019s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023), confirmed Monday before the Supreme Court that the far-right leader discussed with military commanders ways to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election to remain in power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cid, who is cooperating with the Federal Police in an ongoing investigation against Bolsonaro, testified that the former president\u2019s advisors presented him with a draft decree that called for declaring a state of defense and siege, and for the arrest of several Supreme Court justices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting reportedly occurred after the second round of the 2022 elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Cid, Bolsonaro ordered the document to be \u201ccut down\u201d and shortened the list of officials to be arrested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only name Bolsonaro insisted on keeping in the draft was Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is also the lead judge in the case against him, Cid said. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Cid further revealed that days later, a revised version of the document was presented to the commanders of the Armed Forces during a meeting led by Bolsonaro at the official presidential residence in Bras\u00edlia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe decree stated what should be done, but not how it would be executed,\u201d Cid told Justice Moraes during the hearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cid testified that Army Commander Marco Ant\u00f4nio Freire Gomes was \u201cdeeply disturbed\u201d by the discussion and recounted his reaction after a later meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Cid, Freire Gomes told him that Navy Chief Admiral Almir Garnier had offered troops to Bolsonaro, while Air Force Commander Baptista J\u00fanior opposed the plan. <\/p>\n\n\n

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He also said that Bolsonaro faced pressure from some military officers to sign the decree annulling the elections and that replacing the Army commander with someone \u201cmore radical\u201d was openly discussed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere was pressure to adopt a harder line. Some believed the current commander was not aligned with the necessary actions,\u201d Cid said, according to the court record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n