Supreme Court on Tuesday began verdict deliberations in the trial of former President .
The right-wing populist is accused of a plot to retain power after the 2022 election, in which he was defeated by current .
Deliberations are scheduled to continue through to September 12.
What do we know about the charges against Bolsonaro?
On January 8, 2023, , just days after Lula’s inauguration.
In July, Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet said that Bolsonaro and seven others had taken part in an “armed criminal association” that sought to “violently overthrow the democratic order.”
The proceedings mark the first trial of a former Brazilian president on coup charges.
If convicted, Bolsonaro could face a prison sentence of over 40 years.
US President , denouncing the case against him as a “witch hunt” and .
Supporters of the former president see the charges against him as politicized and have welcomed Trump’s support.
Bolsonaro is currently under house arrest, with Supreme Court Justice .
Coup plotters wanted ‘dictatorship’ — judge de Moraes
De Moraes said that the alleged coup plot constituted an attempt to “establish a dictatorship.”
“The country and its Supreme Courte can only regret that a coup has once again been attempted in Brazilian republican history,” he said.
He said that the coup plot was , but that its institutions had shown “strength and resilience.”
Brazil was . Bolsonaro is a former army officer who has praised the period of military rule.
Edited by: Jenipher Camino Gonzalez
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