Overview
- The First Panel began hearings on December 9 for six defendants accused of orchestrating efforts to keep Jair Bolsonaro in office after the 2022 election.
- The court scheduled four sessions for the case on December 9, 10, 16 and 17, with morning and afternoon sittings on the first and third dates.
- Defendants are Fernando de Sousa Oliveira, Filipe Martins, Marcelo Costa Câmara, Marília Ferreira de Alencar, Mário Fernandes and Silvinei Vasques.
- The PGR says the group drafted a coup “minuta,” used PRF operations and BI tools to hinder voters in pro‑Lula strongholds, and advanced the “Punhal Verde e Amarelo” plan that envisioned assassinations of authorities.
- Justices rejected defense bids such as using slides and adding Justice Luiz Fux to the panel, processed late filings after initially appointing the public defender, and will decide on charges ranging from armed criminal organization to attempted violent abolition of the democratic order.