The (Supreme Federal Court) concluded on Tuesday (22) the judgment of the complaint of the (Attorney General’s Office) against the second core of the 2022 coup plot, for trying to prevent the inauguration of () after.
There have been two rounds of complaint analysis, and the total defendants are 14, including (), which had its. The Supreme Court decision paves the way to judge the merits of the case against the ex-Mandanker until the end of the year.
The first round of complaints, which, according to the PGR, would be part of the central nucleus of the institutional rupture attempt, was analyzed at the end of March. Those who became defendants on Tuesday were characterized as part of the “action management” around the coup.
For these two groups, the complaint is already received, and now more evidence and new testimonials will be collected. The Supreme hopes to judge the actions until the end of the second semester. Feathers can reach over 40 years in prison.
There are still three parts of the complaint pending analysis by the first class of the Court. The collegiate is composed of the ministers ,,, and.
The 14 defendants will be responsible for five crimes: attempted abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, coup, armed criminal organization, qualified damage and deterioration of listed heritage.
On Tuesday, Moraes once again presented a video showing the attacks of January 8 and asked the “people of good faith” to reflect on amnesty requests to those involved in the coup attacks, questioning whether they would authorize a destruction such as the three powers in their homes.
Scammean investigation
Mauro Cid’s to the Supreme Court, approved in September 2023, gave a boost to an investigation into a possible attempt to coup d’état from members of the Bolsonaro government to prevent Lula’s possession.
The inquiry had already gained body with the coup draft, found at the house of former Justice Minister Anderson Torres, and had as evidence the lies of the former Mandanitor about the electronic ballot boxes and threats to powers, especially to the supreme court Brazilian, throughout his mandate.
Last November, after a series of steps, the Federal indicated the former president and 36 others suspected of articulating an institutional break to avoid the transition from government. Three months later, the PGR formalized the complaint with 34 accused, including Bolsonaro, in five different slices.
Central Core Denunciation
The first slice of the complaint analyzed by the court involved the central nucleus of the coup attempt.
For the PGR, Bolsonaro coordinated government members to build a narrative of misinformation and aggressiveness against institutions and the electoral system, and pressured military personnel to adhere to rupture and work in a final version of decree to make the coup viable.
All involved were made defendants by the Supreme unanimously, despite divergences from Luiz Fux about whether the cases should be processed in the first class or in the plenary.
Eight accused were made defendants:
ACTION MANAGEMENT
The second slice involved accused of managing operations to realize the coup d’état, even planning to murder Lula and Moraes, as well as the vice president ().
The accused would also have operated on an attempt to prevent voters from the petista from voting in the second round of 2022.
Unlike what happened in the trial of the first core, which lasted two days, this time there was less debate among the ministers about the terms of the accusations. After Moraes concluded his vote in the afternoon, the other magistrates endorsed their position in a few minutes.
There were six the accused who became defendants in this wave:
- Fernando de Sousa Oliveira: Former Operations Director of
- Filipe Martins: Former International Assessor of the Presidency of the Republic
- Marcelo Câmara: Former special advisor to the Presidency of the Republic
- Silvinei Vasques: former director-general of
- Mário Fernandes: General of Reserve and former Executive Secretary of the General Secretariat of the Presidency
- Marília Ferreira de Alencar: Former Intelligence Director of the Ministry of Justice
OTHER CENTERS
There are three slices of the PGR complaint for the Supreme Court to analyze the admissibility of the accusations. The nuclei would be responsible for coercive actions, strategic operations and propagation of disinformation in the conspiracy for the coup.
See below the members of each group:
Core of coercive actions: would have pressured and coerced military and other public agents to join the coup plan
- Estevam Theophilo Gaspar de Oliveira: Army General
- Hélio Ferreira Lima: Army Lieutenant Colonel
- Rafael Martins de Oliveira: Army Lieutenant Colonel
- Rodrigo Bezerra de Azevedo: Lieutenant Colonel do Army
- Wladimir Matos Soares: Federal Police Agent
- Bernardo Romão Corrêa Netto: Army Colonel
- Cleverson Ney Magalhães: Army Reserve Colonel
- Fabrício Moreira de Bastos: Army Colonel
- Marcio Nunes de Resende Júnior: Army Colonel
- Nilson Diniz Rodriguez: Army General
- Sérgio Cavaliere de Medeiros: Army Lieutenant Colonel
- Ronald Ferreira de Araújo Júnior: Lieutenant Colonel of the Army
Strategic Operations Center: would be responsible for propagating false news about the Brazilian electoral system, attacking institutions and authorities
- Ailton Gonçalves Moraes Barros: Army Reformed Major
- Ângelo Martins Denicoli: Major of the Army Reserve
- Carlos César Moretzsohn Rocha: Engineer and President of the Vot Legal Institute
- Giancarlo Gomes Rodrigues: Army Lieutenant
- Guilherme Marques de Almeida: Army Lieutenant Colonel
- Marcelo Araújo Bormevet: Federal Police and former Member of Abin
- Reginaldo Vieira de Abreu: Army Colonel
Disinformation propagation nucleus: collaborated with the Nucleus of Strategic Operations in the dissemination of false information about the electoral process in Brazil and the performance of the Supreme Court
- Paulo Renato de Oliveira Figueiredo Filho: businessman and grandson of former President João Figueiredo
Crimes
All defendants are accused of the following crimes:
- Armed criminal organization
- Attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law
- Coup d’etat
- Damage qualified by violence and serious threat against public assets
- DECLARED OF HERITAGE
Next Steps
With the complaint considered admissible by the Court, the progress of the criminal proceedings itself begins-before, there was only the investigation phase, carried out by PGR and the.
The first stage is the instruction, when more evidence and new testimonials are collected, nominated by both prosecution and defense, they are performed. Then the first class of the Court will decide on conviction or acquittal. This should happen by the end of this year to prevent the decision from taking place in an election year.
In the end, the parties may submit resources to the decision. The planned penalties reach over 40 years of imprisonment, excluding possible aggravating fans in the trial.
