The first class of the Supreme Federal Court begins next Tuesday (2), to the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and seven other allies that make up the so-called “core 1” of the process that investigates an attempt to coup after the 2022 elections.
In March this year, for the following crimes:
- Armed criminal organization;
- Attempted violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law;
- Coup d’etat;
- Damage qualified by violence and serious ease against the union’s assets, and with considerable damage to the victim;
- Deterioration of listed assets.
Punishment
If convicted, Bolsonaro can take more than 40 years in prison. However, it should not be immediate, since it depends on the res judicata.
In addition, in case of conviction, the eight defendants should not be in ordinary prisons. Army officers are entitled to special arrest, according to the Code of Criminal Procedure (CPP).
The “core 1” is made up of five army military personnel, one from the Navy and two PF (Federal Police) delegates, who can also benefit from the restriction.
Who are the defendants of the “core 1”?
In addition to Bolsonaro, they are also part of the group considered “crucial” in the alleged coup plot:
- Alexandre Ramagem (PL-RJ)federal deputy and former director general of ABIN (Brazilian Intelligence Agency);
- Almir Garnierformer commander of the Navy;
- Anderson Torresformer Minister of Justice and former Secretary of Public Security of the Federal District;
- Augusto Helenoformer minister of GSI (Institutional Security Office of the Presidency of the Republic);
- Mauro Cidformer assistant of Bolsonaro’s orders;
- Paulo Sérgio Nogueiraformer defense minister;
- Walter Braga Nettoformer minister of Bolsonaro and candidate for deputy in the 2022 plate.
What do the defendants’ defenses say?
In the presentation of the final allegations, two weeks ago,
- Procedural violations and defense curtailment (impossibility of analyzing all available material);
- Rapporteur’s bias, Alexandre de Moraes;
- Credibility of evidence (standard required for any conviction would not have been followed);
- Merely preparatory acts;
- Consumption (if a less severe crime is committed as a means to perform a more serious crime, the less seriousness must be acquitted, avoiding double punishment).
See dates and schedules reserved for the trial
- September 2Tuesday, 9am to 12pm (Extraordinary);
- September 2Tuesday, 14h to 19h (ordinary);
- September 3Wednesday, 9am to 12pm (Extraordinary);
- September 9, Tuesday, 9am to 12pm (Extraordinary);
- September 9Tuesday, 14h to 19h (ordinary);
- September 10Wednesday, 9am to 12pm (Extraordinary);
- September 12Friday, 9am to 12pm (Extraordinary);
- September 12Friday, 14h to 19h (Extraordinary).
