As Brazil's trial of former president Bolsonaro moves forward quickly, legal analysts are predicting that the final verdict will be made by October. Our correspondent Brian Mier has more. teleSUR
00:00As Brazil's trial of former president Bolsonaro moves forward quickly, legal
00:04analysts are predicting that the final verdict will be made by October.
00:07Corresponding Brad Meir with details.
00:12The Supreme Court trial against former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and
00:16seven of his cronies, who prosecutors believe made up the central nucleus of
00:20a three-year plot to implement a military coup, has reached the final stretch as
00:26the defendants were called to the stand this week to testify.
00:29I would like to know of the defendant.
00:34Mr. Bolsonaro believes that he acted within the framework of the Constitution,
00:41when after disagreeing with a court order, he summoned the commanders of the armed forces to debate it.
00:49Far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro started off calmly during his nearly two hours on the stand.
00:55But most journalists and analysts who covered the proceedings believe that, as the questions got more complicated,
01:00he began to lose his cool and sabotaged his own defense.
01:04Why the armed forces commanders? We had the same education. We went to the academy. We had the same training.
01:13The military are always with you in your good and bad moments. I was in no mood to invite anyone to discuss anything.
01:19They were the only ones left who could listen to me let off steam.
01:22The defendants have finished their testimony. Now the court will summon key witness, Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Sid, to the stand to make his final statement.
01:31From this moment, the defendants will have a period of 15 days to develop and present their final arguments to the court.
01:38At that point, a panel of five justices will issue their rulings, which legal scholars are predicting will come in by October.
01:45Bolsonaro incriminated himself by admitting the existence and his knowledge of a reading coup plan,
01:55by admitting that he presented this plan in a meeting with the commanders of the armed forces,
01:59and by admitting that he directly looked for alternatives to the election results, including declaring a stage of siege.
02:08If convicted, former President Jair Bolsonaro will face a sentence of up to 40 years.
