BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s prosecutor-general argued Tuesday that former President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies plotted to overthrow democracy through a series of interconnected events aimed at keeping him in power illegally, as the ex-leader's coup trial entered the verdict phase.

The former president is accused of conspiring to stage a coup to stay in power despite losing the 2022 presidential election to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva . Bolsonaro denies any wrongdoing , and has repeatedly said the trial is a politically motivated attack on spurious charges.

Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet pointed to evidence that, after the October 2022 vote, Bolsonaro summoned top Cabinet and military officials to discuss issuing an emergency decree to halt the election resul

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