The (Federal Supreme Court) concluded on Wednesday (23) the testimonies of witnesses related to the three nuclei of the action on the coup plot of 2022. As soon as the hearings were closed, the interrogations of the defendants were scheduled to begin on Thursday (24).
The complaint of the PGR (Attorney General of the Republic) was divided into five nuclei. The three who had the witnesses heard since last week add up to 21 defendants. The short interval between the steps surprised the defenses that act in the case.
At the beginning of the case was a sensation between lawyers and people who follow the process of a greater focus in the central nucleus, which includes the former president () and members of the high-ranking of the government and even an inertia in relation to other groups.
This has changed since the end of June. The minister marked the end of last month the hearings with the witnesses of the second nucleus for the second half of July. Ten days later, he scheduled the hearings of the other two groups for the same dates.
Some of the sessions occurred at the same times. Most were led by the auxiliary judges of the rapporteur’s office, Luciana Sorrentino and Rafael Henrique Window Tamai Rocha. Moraes chaired the session of July 14, when the witnesses indicated by the accusation were jointly heard for the three nuclei, including the whistleblower.
The 23 defendants of these three nuclei will be heard on Wednesday (24) and next Monday (28). Once again, two nuclei will be concomitant at the Wednesday session.
The Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet, did not follow the hearings and was represented by prosecutors.
Initially, there was the forecast of more than 150 witnesses. Over the days, several gave up and asked not to participate, or the defenses gave up names.
During the sessions, the judges asked for agility to the parties and rejected some of the questions, as well as the PGR called for it regarding defenses, under the justification of speed, repetition of the same topics, insistence on some points or absence of relevance to the process.
Some of the defenders and Moraes or one of the assistants.
A Sheet Heard lawyers from the four nuclei. They said they were “surprised by the hurry.”
According to the evaluation of the defenses, the material material is bulky, with many evidence collected by the Federal Police, the PGR and the hearings themselves with witnesses. They argue that the accelerated progress harms the right of defense.
The minister had determined the subpoena only of the pgr listed and thus were forced to attend the hearings. The procedure adopted by the rapporteur was being complained by lawyers. In recent days, however, Moraes has granted a request from the defenses and for them.
According to the evaluation of one of the lawyers, the proximity of the elections may have also impacted the progress of other nuclei, not just what Bolsonaro includes. This is because pressure on the Supreme Court around the coup plot can grow in the election year of 2026. One of the lawyers evaluates that the Supreme Court is acting “in institutional defense, more than due process of law.”
Ministers of the Court and Defendants’ lawyers bet that owed that of 2022. The forecast of ending the lawsuit against Bolsonaro in 2025 was appointed in the Supreme last year, under the justification of. It is expected that the.
The expectation was reinforced in the court for the short interval established by between the testimony of the witnesses and the interrogation of the defendants.
Lawyer Eduardo Kuntz, who represents former special advisor to the Presidency of the Republic Marcelo Câmara, says that the difficulty for defenses has been immense. House is arrested.
“I am leaving the Army Police Battalion and I could not enter my computer and cell phone to train it for interrogation. I did not have access to the full testimony of defense and accusation witnesses,” he said. “The defense is widely impaired without having all the evidence to prepare for the next steps.”
The first class, Bolsonaro and seven others accused on March 26. In . On the same day, the rapporteur determined the subpoena of the parties to present the prior defense.
Bolsonaro was admitted to the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) after abdominal surgery, and the Supreme said he expected a “proper date” to make the former president’s personal subpoena.
Still at the hospital, he participated in a live on social networks and gave interview, in addition to receiving visits from politicians and allies, breaking medical guidelines. Moraes then.
The other nuclei began to be processed two months later, from June. The receipt of complaints from these other groups occurred between April 22 and May 20. Criminal actions took, respectively, 50, 28 and 36 days to be formally opened.
There is also the last nucleus, formed only by the former presenter of the young Pan. On June 30, after court tried to find it since February, unsuccessfully, the.
Thus, the action of the coup plot against him can also proceed.
See the list of accused tornadoes defendants by the coup plot:
Núcleo 1 – Central
Nucleus 2 – Action Management
- Fernando de Sousa Oliveira, former director of operations at
- former international advisor to the Presidency of the Republic
- Marcelo Câmara, former special advisor to the Presidency of the Republic
- Silvinei Vasques, former director general of
- Mário Fernandes, reserve general and former executive secretary of the General Secretariat of the Presidency
- Marília Ferreira de Alencar, former director of intelligence from the Ministry of Justice
Nucleus 3 – Coercive Actions
- Army General
- Army Lieutenant Colonel
- Army Lieutenant Colonel
- Army Lieutenant Colonel
- Federal Police Agent
- army colonel
- army colonel
- army colonel
- Army Lieutenant Colonel
- Army Lieutenant Colonel
