After spending years attacking the Federal Supreme Court, the former president () must explain the court for the first time.
Bolsonaro will be questioned by. The minister of Bolsonaro was against the court. Now it will be responsible for conducting the process that can lead the former president to prison.
A summoned sessions from Monday (9) to Friday (13) to hear the eight defendants of the central nucleus of the coup attempt after the election of President Luiz Inácio da Silva (PT).
The beginning of the stage indicates that the case against the main group denounced by (Attorney General’s Office) is heading for its end. The pace adopted by Moraes for the criminal action, with short deadlines between the stages of the process, has been.
The Supreme Court decided to change the configuration of the First Class plenary for the statement of the defendants. The site will be adapted to look like a jury court, with the accused sitting side by side.
Minister Alexandre de Moraes will be sitting at the main podium, in a chair traditionally occupied by the president of the board. A row of chairs will be included in the plenary, between the ministers and the audience, for the defendants to be sitting in alphabetical order.
It will be Bolsonaro’s first meeting with Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid since the military signed an award-winning plea agreement.
To the . It was the military who confirmed to the investigators for the first time that Bolsonaro summoned the military chiefs to discuss plans to reverse the election outcome.
On the right of Bolsonaro will be General Augusto Heleno, former chief of (institutional security office) and one of the ministers who was closest to the former president in the early years of office. On the left, former ABIN director Alexandre Ramagem will wides the former president.
The first defendant to be heard will be, a former assistant of Bolsonaro and whistleblower orders. The others will be questioned by alphabetical order: (Federal Deputy and former Chief of Abin) (former Navy Chief) (former Justice Minister) (former GSI), Jair Bolsonaro, (former Defense Minister) and (former Minister of Civil House and Defense).
The testimonials will be broadcast live on TV Justice. The rules stipulated by Moraes differ from the rules established for the witnesses’ hearing, when audio and video recordings were prohibited.
Former President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Friday (6). He asked the supporters to watch the audience – chained by him as “Inquisition.”
“What happened in 2022 will surely be spoken by me, when live is in the Supreme with five ministers in front of me charging me, it’s worth watching,” he said.
“I’m not going to seal, wanting to grow, challenge anyone. I’ll be there with the truth on our side. I believe that if God willing, we will show you what Brazil is and where we can go with the people by our side,” he added.
Most defendants should speak to the Supreme, according to four lawyers consulted by Sheet. The main question is about the conduct of former navy chief Almir Garnier Santos and former Defense Minister Paulo Sérgio Nogueira.
Defendants can remain silent so as not to create evidence against themselves.
In the presidency, it caused crises between the powers, and stimulated with lies and yields a campaign to discredit the country’s electoral system.
After the defeat to Lula, he encouraged the creation and maintenance of the scammers who spread across the country and gave rise to the attacks of January 8.
In this same period, he adopted conduct that he contributed to his hopeful supporters that he would remain in power and, met with nearby military and advisers to discuss ways to intervene in the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) and nullify the elections.
Bolsonaro’s defense denies the former president’s participation in crimes and argues, between criticism of the complaint, that there is no evidence of connection between the supposed conspiracy that began at the Planalto Palace in June 2021, and the vandalism of 8 January 2023.
Bolsonaro and the other defendants were denounced for allegedly leading a plan at the end of 2022 to avoid Lula’s possession to the Presidency of the Republic. The main charges against the former president are related to the edition of decree drafts and attempted to get support from the armed forces chiefs for the scammer initiatives.
All eight are responsible for the crimes of coup, attempted abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, Armed Criminal Association, damage qualified to public heritage and deterioration of the listed assets.
Part of the crimes attributed to the defendants are related to the attacks of January 8, 2023. According to the complaint, the Bolsonarist multitude that invaded the headquarters of the powers was encouraged by Bolsonaro and his allies to pay against the state.
the Supreme Court tries to accelerate the process of the coup plot to judge the main core later this year. The goal, they say ministers behind the scenes, is to prevent the 2026 electoral calendar from contaminating the judgment of the case, which has a strong political impact.
Defendants’ defenses complained about Moraes’s short time between the testimony phase of witnesses to the defendant’s inquiry stage. They claim that the rapid pace of the process prevents the analysis of the material seized by the Federal Police during the investigation.
Investigators sent the files with all the information used in the PF inquiry to the attempted coup.
There are 77 terabytes of digital files. In addition to the large amount of data, lawyers report difficulty handling the material, which arrived compactedly, with corrupted documents, and others whose password was not made available.
