General Marco Antônio Freire Gomes, the former Commander of the Brazilian Army, has provided the most concrete evidence yet of the institutional risk faced by Brazil's democracy, confirming that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented military chiefs with a plan to annul the 2022 election following his defeat. In sworn testimony to the Federal Police (PF) and the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Gen. Freire Gomes confirmed that Bolsonaro and his ministers presented a draft decree discussing “exceptional measures” to block the transfer of power to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The revelations came as the Supreme Court released details from depositions in its sweeping investigation into the alleged coup plotting that preceded the January 8, 2023, attacks on government buildings.