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On January 8th, 2023, Jair Bolsonaro supporters [[2023 Brazilian Congress storming|stormed the Praça dos Três Poderes area in an attempt to overturn the election results]]. Soon after, Brazil's Supreme Court began investigating Bolsonaro for potentially inciting the insurrection.

On 30 June 2023, the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court barred Bolsonaro from running for public office until 2030 as a result of his attempts to undermine the validity of Brazil's 2022 democratic election, as well as for abuse of power with regards to using government channels to promote his campaign. The decision applies to municipal, state and federal elections for the next eight years. He was prosecuted for several allegations of fraud in the 2022 Brazilian elections and situations linked to the January 8 attack on federal government buildings. The decision came after a 5–2 vote in favor of conviction. Bolsonaro can appeal the decision, which he said he would.

===Accusations of genocide and human rights violations===

In late November 2019, a group of Brazilian lawyers, a human rights group and six former government ministers denounced Bolsonaro before the International Criminal Court in The Hague for inciting the [[Genocide of Indigenous Peoples|genocide of indigenous peoples]] of Brazil and perpetrating crime against humanity. A 60-page document was presented to chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda listing official speeches by Bolsonaro as well as 33 of his actions linked with criminal character. Among his attacks on the indigenous peoples of Brazil were calling them "prehistoric men" and comparing them to "animals in zoos".

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 On January 8th, 2023, Jair Bolsonaro supporters [[2023 Brazilian Congress storming|stormed the Praça dos Três Poderes area in an attempt to overturn the election results]]. Soon after, Brazil's Supreme Court began investigating Bolsonaro for potentially inciting the insurrection.
+On 30 June 2023, the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court barred Bolsonaro from running for public office until 2030 as a result of his attempts to undermine the validity of Brazil's 2022 democratic election, as well as for abuse of power with regards to using government channels to promote his campaign. The decision applies to municipal, state and federal elections for the next eight years. He was prosecuted for several allegations of fraud in the 2022 Brazilian elections and situations linked to the January 8 attack on federal government buildings. The decision came after a 5–2 vote in favor of conviction. Bolsonaro can appeal the decision, which he said he would.
 ===Accusations of genocide and human rights violations===
 In late November 2019, a group of Brazilian lawyers, a human rights group and six former government ministers denounced Bolsonaro before the International Criminal Court in The Hague for inciting the [[Genocide of Indigenous Peoples|genocide of indigenous peoples]] of Brazil and perpetrating crime against humanity. A 60-page document was presented to chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda listing official speeches by Bolsonaro as well as 33 of his actions linked with criminal character. Among his attacks on the indigenous peoples of Brazil were calling them "prehistoric men" and comparing them to "animals in zoos".