Brazil Sen.: Ex-Pres. Attended Election Plot Meeting

BRAZIL – A Brazilian senator has said the country’s former leader Jair Bolsonaro, was at a meeting about a plot to keep him in power.

Marcos do Val has alleged he was asked to get the head of the electoral authority to compromise himself to discredit the presidential election.

Bolsonaro narrowly lost October’s vote, prompting unsubstantiated claims by his supporters of voting fraud.

His son has admitted the meeting took place but denies a crime was committed.

Bolsonaro has voiced “Regret” for the unrest, but denies he caused it.

The former president is currently in Florida after leaving brazil at the end of December, before his successor was sworn in.