Former Justice Minister Under House Arrest Pending Coup Investigation

Police have found compromising documents at the home of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s justice minister, reports CNN.

Documents found at the home of Anderson Torres detailed a proposed plan to overturn the results of the October presidential election.

A justice ministry spokeswoman said the document proposed implementing a "state of defense’" in the Superior Electoral Court while Bolsonaro was still president, in order to overturn the victory of his rival, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The draft was not signed by Bolsonaro, and Torres denied writing the document, suggesting it had been deliberately leaked to the media.

The Brazilian Supreme Court issued Torres with a preventative detention order under an arrest warrant on Jan. 11.