Five-justice panel will spend the week voting on whether the former president plotted a coup to remain in power.
Alexandre de Moraes: Brazil’s Supreme Court judge leading Jair Bolsonaro trial
Brazil’s Supreme Court has started deliberations on a verdict in the coup-plot trial of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.
The court’s five justices began voting Tuesday and have until the end of the week to reach a judgement on Bolsonaro, who faces charges of plotting a coup to remain in power after he lost the 2022 election to leftist candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro has denied all charges.
The 70-year-old former army officer faces more than four decades in prison if convicted, while seven co-defendants – including ex-ministers and army generals – face similar sentences.
