Brazil | Former president Jair Bolsonaro faces trial for attempted coup on January 8th, 2023 - video Dailymotion

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Brazil's supreme federal court opened session to decide on the indictment of former president Jair Bolsonaro and seven others implicated in the January 8th, 2023 coup d'état against institutional headquarters.

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00:00And Brazil's Supreme Federal Court opened session to decide on the indictment of former

00:04President Jair Bolsonaro and seven others implicated in the January 8th, 2023 coup d'etat

00:09against institutional headquarters.

00:11The magistrates of the first chamber of the Brazilian court analyzed the indictment against

00:15Bolsonaro and those implicated, which includes affiliation to a criminal organization, attempted

00:20coup d'etat, and abolition of the democratic rule of law.

00:23Sentences add up to 43 years in prison.

00:26The evidence includes telegram messages in which Bolsonaro instructed supporters and

00:30military personnel to reject the elections, as well as documents linking his close circle

00:35to plans to declare a state of emergency.

00:37The magistrates will also decide on the members of the so-called crucial group, which according

00:42to their prosecution included six military personnel and a police officer who were ministers

00:47or high-ranking members of the armed forces.

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