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Bolsonaro Coup Plot Trial Verdict
Brasilia & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Sept 11-12, 2025


A panel of Supreme Court justices is set to decide this week whether former President Jair Bolsonaro is guilty or not of plotting to overthrow Brazil’s democracy and hang onto power illegally after his 2022 electoral defeat.

The far-right ex-president is facing five counts at trial for allegedly conspiring to stage a coup after his narrow loss to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a leftist who first won the presidency two decades earlier.

If convicted by the five-judge panel in the verdict expected Thursday or Friday, Bolsonaro could be sentenced to decades behind bars.

Bolsonaro has always denied any wrongdoing, repeatedly calling the trial a politically motivated attack.



LIVE POSITIONS & STUDIOS
The Associated Press will offer live stand-up positions in Brasilia, in front of the Supremo Tribunal Federal (Supreme Court).

Additional broadcast facilities are available at AP's Rio de Janeiro glass studio with live backdrop of the Rio skyline.


CUSTOM LIVE SHOTS
AP reporters will available for custom live shots in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

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