Defense of former President Jair Bolsonaro requested that the ministers be prevented from participating in the trial on the attempted coup in 2022
The president of the Supreme Court (STF), Luís Roberto Barroso, asked on Wednesday (26.FEV.2025) that the ministers Flávio Dino and Cristiano Zanin speak out in of (PL) To declare them from judging the coup plot’s complaint against the former president.
“Previously to the request for admissibility of the request, information is requested from the defendant authority”determined Barroso.
On Tuesday (25.FEV.2025), Bolsonaro’s defense filed a petition for the Court to recognize the impossibility of the ministers to participate in the trial, which has no set date yet.
Bolsonaro’s lawyers claim that Dino filed a criminal complaint against Bolsonaro when he held the position of Minister of Justice in the early months of the president’s government (PT).
In Zanin’s case, the former president’s defense says that before arriving at the court, the minister was a lawyer of Lula’s campaign and filed a lawsuit against Bolsonaro’s plate in the 2022 elections.
1st class
The impediment actions were directed to Flávio Dino and Cristiano Zanin because they are part of the first class of the Supreme, collegiate who will judge the .
The class is composed by the report rapporteur, Alexandre de Moraes, and the ministers Flávio Dino, Cristiano Zanin, Cármen Lúcia and Luiz Fux.
Under the Court’s Rules of Procedure, it is up to the two classes of the Court to judge criminal proceedings. As the rapporteur is part of the 1st class, the accusation will be judged by the board.
If most ministers accept the complaint, Bolsonaro and the other accused will become defendants and respond to a criminal case in the Supreme Court.
The judgment date has not yet been set. Considering the legal procedures, the case can be tried in the first half of 2025.
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