Bolsonaro’s trial on the STF begins: how will it be and what to expect?

It begins on Tuesday (2), in the first class of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) the trial of Criminal Action 2668, whose defendant is former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and seven former members of his government, accused of attempted coup d’état that occurred between 2022 and 2023. They make up the so-called “core 1” or “crucial core” of the accused by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR).

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The trial will be in person in Brasilia on September 2, 3, 9, 10 and 12. The dates were defined after the submission of the final allegations by the defenses and the procedural instruction, with the production of evidence – including the hearing of prosecution and defense witnesses, interrogations of the defendants and the performance of the steps required by the parties and authorized by the rapporteur, Minister Alexandre de Moraes.

Support

The session will start on Tuesday with the report of the report by Minister Alexandre de Moraes. Then it will be the Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet, responsible for the prosecution, to present his demonstration. Then the defenses will present oral support, each having one hour. Since the defendant Mauro Cid signed an award -winning collaboration agreement, his defense will manifest himself first, followed by the others, in alphabetical order.

Vote

After the manifestations, Minister Alexandre de Moraes will present his vote, with his analysis of the facts, evidence and arguments, and will be pronounced for the conviction or acquittal of the defendants.

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According to the Rules of Procedure of the Supreme Court, the other ministers vote in a growing order of seniority in the Court, and the Chairman of the Class is last. The order will be as follows: Ministers Flávio Dino, Luiz Fux, Minister Cármen Lúcia and, finally, Minister Cristiano Zanin. The decision for acquittal or conviction is made by a majority of votes.

If there is conviction, the rapporteur will submit his proposal to set the penalties, and the other ministers of the board will also vote at this point.

Defendant

In addition to former President Jair Bolsonaro, the group is part of the Federal Deputy Alexandre Ramagem; Admiral Almir Garnier Santos, former Navy Commander; Anderson Torres, former Minister of Justice; The General of Reserve Augusto Heleno, former chief of the Institutional Security Office of the Presidency of the Republic; Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, former Bolsonaro orders; General Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, former Minister of Defense; and reserve general Walter Braga Netto, former Minister of the Civil House.

In addition to these defendants, the investigated scheme involves 24 other accused, organized in three other distinct nuclei.

Journalists and curious

They are registered to accompany the judgment 501 journalists. The Supreme Court also received 3,357 registrations of people interested in following, in person, the sessions.

150 places were made available to the general public in the Session Room of the First Class of the STF, where the trial will be held. Registrants will be distributed among the eight scheduled sessions-considering separately the morning and afternoon shifts-and will receive, by email, information about the authorization. Due to space limitation. The requests of the first 1,200 citizens who signed up will be fulfilled.

The sessions will be held on the following days and times

Date	Time
September 2	9h-19h
September 3	9h-12h
September 9	9h-19h
September 10	9h-12h
September 12	9h-19h

Nucleus 1

Core 1 consists of:

Alexandre Ramagem, federal deputy and former director-general of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency

Almir Garnier Santos, Admiral and former Commander of the Navy

Anderson Torres, former Minister of Justice

Augusto Heleno, reserve general and former Minister of the Institutional Security Office

Jair Bolsonaro, former President of the Republic

Mauro Cid, Lieutenant Colonel and former Assistant of Bolsonaro Orders

Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, General and former Minister of Defense

Walter Braga Netto, reserve general and former minister of the Civil House and Defense

Security scheme

The Supreme Court has a plan structured for major events, in this case including both September and 7th. The court promoted a reinforcement of the actions.

In addition to internal measures, such as calling more agents and teams, the Supreme Court intensified the articulation with the Federal District Public Security Secretariat (SSP-DF), with the joint definition of the actions to be adopted.

The SSP-DF reported that it prepared the Integrated Action Protocol (father) for the period of judgment that occurs from the 2nd.

The Military Police (PMDF) will reinforce the ostensible police staff, according to their own planning, maintaining a specialized troop in drive conditions.

The Secretariat also continues to monitor the central area of ​​Brasilia through the Integrated Operations Center of Brasilia (CIB) of SSP-DF and the Public Security Forces, which remain in a position to respond to any eventuality during the trial period.