STF has already received defenses from 17 of the 34 reported by coup d’état

The Federal Supreme Court (STF) received this Thursday (6) the demonstration of the defenses of 17 of the 34 reported by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) in the investigation over the coup plot.

The deadline for other lawyers to deliver the defense in writing to the STF is 15 days and ends today at 11:59 pm.

The deadline began to count on March 19, when most of the accused were notified of the complaint.

In general, the accused deny participation in the coup attempt, say they did not have full access to the investigation evidence, ask for the replacement of the rapporteur of the case, Minister Alexandre de Moraes, and the trial by the plenary, and not by the first class of the Supreme.

The STF has already received the defenses of the following accused:

• Jair Bolsonaro
• Mauro Cid (whistleblower and former Bolsonaro orders);
• Paulo Sérgio Nogueira (Army General and former Defense Minister);
• General Heleno (former Minister of the Institutional Security Office);
• Alexandre Ramagem (former director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency-Abin);
• Army military: Bernardo Romão, Ronald Ferreira, Cleverson Ney Magalhães, Márcio Nunes de Resende Júnior, Nilton Diniz, Rodrigo Bezerra, Rafael Martins, Fabrício Moreira de Bastos, Giancarlo Gomes Rodrigues and Mário Fernandes.
• In the case of General Braga Netto and Admiral Almir Garnier, who were also reported, the deadline for lawyers to comment on the complaint ends on Friday (7).

Judgment

After the delivery of all defenses, the judgment of the complaint will be marked by the Supreme Court.

The case will be tried by the first class of the Supreme. The board is composed by the report rapporteur, Alexandre de Moraes, and the ministers Flávio Dino, Cristiano Zanin, Cármen Lúcia and Luiz Fux.

Under the Court’s Rules of Procedure, it is up to the two classes of the Court to judge criminal proceedings. As the rapporteur is part of the first class, the prosecution will be judged by the board.

If most ministers accept the complaint, Bolsonaro and the other accused have seen defendants and respond to a criminal action in the Supreme Court.

The judgment date has not yet been set. Considering the legal procedures, the case can be tried in this first half of 2025.