Ministers of the (Supreme Federal Court) maintains to the former president () for later this year to avoid possible contamination in the 2026 presidential elections.
The strategy involves reserving part of the minister’s office, rapporteur of the case, to be responsible for analyzing the complaint and a change in the agenda, responsible for judging the accused.
The deadlines, however, are considered short for the instruction of criminal actions. Two lawyers of the accused heard by Sheet They claim that there are strategies to drag the processes and bet that the trials will be postponed.
The ideal scenario for four ministers consulted, under reserve, is the completion of the processes involving Bolsonaro this year. To this end, they project that the trial should take place in the first half – in the late, at the beginning of the second semester – to allow resources to extend by the end of the year.
In this projection, the beginning of compliance with any penalties would occur before the electoral process of 2026.
The (Attorney General’s Office) on Tuesday (18) and 33 for the articulation by a coup after the victory of (PT) in the presidential elections.
The Attorney General will still submit other complaints about the end of the end of 2022 in the coming weeks. The decision of the PGR was to slice the analysis of the case by the investigation nuclei.
The next step in the Supreme will be the decision if the complaint will be received or rejected. If the decide will receive the complaint, the names listed by the Attorney’s Office will be considered defendants and called to present a defense.
The next stage will be the hearing of witnesses and the interrogation of the defendants. Defenses may present lists with names of people to be heard by the Supreme, and one of the tactics to drag the processes is the inclusion of dozens of witnesses to audiences.
The later phase is the opening of a deadline for the final allegations, at which time the defenses may contest the evidence included by the PGR in the complaint and raise elements that point to the innocence of the defendants.
Only after the final allegations should the Supreme Court set a date for the trial of the coup plot. The whole process will be conducted by Alexandre de Moraes, rapporteur of the case.
The trial must take place in the first class of the STF – composed of Moraes and the ministers ,, and. The collegiate meets every 15 days, and is evaluated to change the periodicity to one session per week to accelerate the analysis of the complaints.
The complaint against Bolsonaro and allies was based on the report of the Federal Police investigation into the coup plot to prevent Lula’s inauguration. The evidence has been known since the beginning of 2024, when the PF revealed, based on evidence and denunciation of the lieutenant colonel, that the former president would have presented to the heads of the Armed Forces a proposal for coup.
The Navy Commander of the time, Admiral Almir Garnier, made the troops available to Bolsonaro’s coup, according to the PF. The report was confirmed by the army chiefs, General Marco Antonio Freire Gomes, and the Air Force, Brigadier Carlos Baptista Júnior.
In addition to the scammer decree drafts and the attempted armed forces for an institutional rupture, the Federal Police pointed out that Army military personnel prepared Lula’s murder plans, vice president and Minister Moraes.
According to investigators, Bolsonaro knew the plan formulated by the reserve general Mário Fernandes. The military was part of the government, with an important position in the Planalto Palace, and met with the then President Dias after printing the criminal planning and gathering army officers willing to commit the attack.
