Overview

• Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet argued Bolsonaro convened senior officials to push an emergency decree to sideline the electoral court, declaring the putsch was already underway.
• Evidence cited includes draft decrees, Federal Police reports and witness testimony outlining a coordinated effort that seeded fraud claims and preceded the January 8, 2023 rampage in Brasília.
• Bolsonaro skipped the latest sessions citing ill health and remains under house arrest with an ankle monitor as his lawyers demand acquittal and challenge crown witness Mauro Cid.
• Former allies have stepped back, with ex-defense minister Paulo Sérgio Nogueira and retired general Augusto Heleno describing efforts to restrain or distance themselves, and the indictment references a probed plot targeting Lula, Geraldo Alckmin and Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
• The proceedings feature tight security and fraught U.S. ties, with President Donald Trump imposing 50% tariffs and visa actions against justices, while Congress debates amnesty and five justices deliver opinions next week with three votes required for a decision.