Three years after the attacks on January 8, 2023, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) moved forward by finishing the trial of the coup plot, a process in which former president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison. The Court, however, still has 346 criminal actions in progress related to attacks against the headquarters of Power.
In this group, 224 actions include more serious crimes, such as attempted coup d’état. Responding to less serious charges, 122 defendants are targeted by the courts for not accepting a non-criminal prosecution agreement. They are people classified as inciters of the coup attempt who participated in a camp in front of the Army Headquarters.
There are still 98 complaints that need to be analyzed, the majority against those accused of financing the acts.
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In the second half of last year, the trials of the four cores of the coup plot were held. This group included those accused of planning a coup attempt to prevent the inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and January 8 would have been the last attempt in the plan. 29 people were convicted, including Bolsonaro, and two were acquitted.
Of the 34 originally reported by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), the accusation against blogger Paulo Figueiredo Filho still needs to be analyzed. The case against Figueiredo is progressing more slowly because he lives abroad.
Also in December, five members of the former leadership of the Military Police of the Federal District (PM-DF) were convicted for failing to combat coup acts. Two officers were acquitted.
As O GLOBO reported, there has still been no compensation for the damage caused by the destruction at the headquarters of the three Powers.
The Federal Attorney General’s Office (AGU) works to collect these amounts, and so far has managed to block only R$3.3 million, equivalent to 12% of the losses, estimated at R$26 million.
In total, the AGU charges R$56 million from those convicted. In addition to material damage, the agency included in the account the R$ 30 million established by the STF as compensation for collective moral damages.
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The Court has determined that this amount of moral damage must be shared by all people convicted of January 8, including Bolsonaro and others responsible for the coup plot.
However, the calculation of how much will be allocated to each person will only be made after the final decision has been made, that is, when there are no more resources available.
