Overview

• Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet asked the First Panel to convict all seven defendants, arguing their coordinated falsehoods seeded unrest that culminated in the Brasília attacks.
• Relator Alexandre de Moraes opened the session with a report outlining alleged operations that included a parallel use of Abin resources and a bogus technical report from the Instituto Voto Legal.
• The defendants include five Army officers, a Federal Police agent, and the head of the Instituto Voto Legal, who deny wrongdoing and contest the individualization of their alleged acts.
• Charges include attempted coup d’état, attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, participation in an armed criminal organization, qualified damage, and deterioration of protected property.
• Hearings are scheduled for October 14, 15, 21, and 22 with ministerial votes expected in the later sessions, and any convictions would not result in immediate imprisonment because appeals remain available.