Overview

• Brazil's Supreme Court has begun preliminary hearings in Jair Bolsonaro's trial, with over 80 witnesses, including military officers and former ministers, testifying via videoconference.
• Prosecutors accuse Bolsonaro of leading a criminal organization to undermine the 2022 election results, including planning emergency decrees and disinformation campaigns targeting Brazil's electronic voting system.
• The trial will examine evidence of an alleged assassination plot, codenamed 'Green and Yellow Dagger,' targeting President Lula, Vice President Alckmin, and Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
• The January 8, 2023 riots, where Bolsonaro supporters stormed government buildings, are described by prosecutors as the coup plotters' 'last hope' to overturn the election outcome.
• Bolsonaro denies the charges, labeling the trial as political persecution, while the court evaluates evidence and contradictions before moving to formal defense arguments.