Verdict and sentencing phase of 'historic' attempted coup trial of Brazil’s Bolsonaro begins

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00:00As final sessions were set to begin in a historic trial in Brazil's Supreme Court,

00:06the key figure was conspicuously absent.

00:09Let's see how the morning unfolds to know where the arguments will be today or tomorrow.

00:14But let's head to the trial.

00:16Will the former president be coming?

00:18No, he will not.

00:19Currently under house arrest in this luxury compound in Brasilia,

00:24Bolsonaro stands accused of plotting a coup to cling to power after losing the 2022 election.

00:30The plan allegedly included installing two retired generals to lead the country,

00:36stirring up supporters who stormed the capital in January 2023,

00:41and even a scheme to poison his leftist rival, current president Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva,

00:48alongside Alexandre de Moraes, who now presides over the case.

00:53The country and the Supreme Court can only lament that in Brazil's Republican history,

00:58there has once again been an attempt at a coup d'etat,

01:01an attack against the institutions and democracy itself aimed at imposing a true dictatorship.

01:06The trial has left Brazil bitterly divided

01:09and has drawn the attention of U.S. President Donald Trump, who branded it a witch hunt.

01:15Facing mounting pressure, Justice de Moraes vowed the court would act independent

01:21of any threat or intimidation, internal or external.

01:25Jair Bolsonaro denies any wrongdoing and claims their charges are politically motivated.

01:31Jair Bolsonaro denies anyoneेर

01:36jair Bolsonaro denies an autor.

01:38The St

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