Former heads of the Brazilian Army and Air Force confirm that Bolsonaro proposed to them to carry out a coup. Confirmation of the role of the previous president appears in the police interrogations of former members of the military leadership.

Two of the three members of Brazil's military leadership refused to accompany him in a coup d'état. The first of them even told the then head of state that he would arrest him if he continued with his plans to “attack the democratic regime”