The Federal Supreme Court (STF) resumes this Tuesday, 21st, the trial of the so-called “nucleus 4” of the coup plot, the group is considered responsible for the dissemination of disinformation against electronic voting machines and for logistical support for the anti-democratic acts of January 8, 2023.
At this stage of the process, voting by ministers will begin. The case’s rapporteur, Minister Alexandre de Moraes, will be the first to vote, followed by classmates Cristiano Zanin, Luiz Fux, Cármen Lúcia and Flávio Dino. Last week, the opinion of the case and the arguments of the PGR and the defendants’ defense were presented.
The group on trial is made up of active and reserve military personnel, as well as former members of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin), accused by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) of being part of a coordinated disinformation campaign.
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Last week, the Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet, called for the defendants to be convicted. In his justification, Gonet directly associated the fake news campaign promoted by the group with the violent attacks that took place in Brasília.
According to the head of the PGR, there was a “strategic management of knowingly false information as an instrument of social destabilization”. For him, “the popular revolt seen at the end of the iter criminis (path of crime) has a causal relationship with the plot generated and fueled by the action of this group of accused”.
Core 4 defendants:
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- Ailton Gonçalves Moraes Barros, retired Army captain;
- Ângelo Martins Denicoli, Army reserve major;
- Carlos César Moretzsohn Rocha, former president of Instituto Voto Legal (IVL);
- Giancarlo Gomes Rodrigues, Army sub-lieutenant and former Abin employee;
- Guilherme Marques de Almeida, Army lieutenant colonel;
- Marcelo Araújo Bormevet, federal police officer and former Abin employee;
- Reginaldo Vieira de Abreu, Army colonel.
