Overview

• Relator Alexandre de Moraes opened the session with his report before Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet argued that the group acted as a digital militia and asked for convictions, linking their actions to the 8 January unrest.
• The case targets five current or former Army officers, a federal police agent, and the president of the Instituto Voto Legal, whom the PGR accuses of coordinating large-scale falsehoods and online attacks against institutions in 2022.
• The defendants face charges including attempted abolition of the democratic order, attempted coup d’état, participation in an armed criminal organization, qualified damage, and deterioration of protected heritage.
• The 1st Panel reserved four in-person sessions—October 14, 15, 21 and 22—for arguments and defenses, with ministers set to cast their votes in the subsequent meetings.
• Defense teams deny the allegations and contest the evidence as non-individualized; any convictions would not trigger automatic imprisonment, and related trials of Nucleus 3 and Nucleus 2 are scheduled for November and December.