Trial for the 2022–2023 Brazilian coup plot

AP 2668
CourtSupreme Federal Court
Full case name Ação Penal 2668 (Public Prosecutor's Office v. Jair Bolsonaro, Mauro Cid, Augusto Heleno, Walter Braga Netto, Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, Alexandre Ramagem, Almir Garnier Santos, Anderson Torres)
Started11 April 2025 (2025-04-11)
Decided11 September 2025 (2025-09-11)
Court membership
Judges sitting
  • President: Cristiano Zanin
  • Justices:
Case opinions
Decision byMoraes
ConcurrenceDino, Lúcia, Zanin
DissentFux
Keywords

In 2025, the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil ruled on a criminal case concerning the 2022–2023 Brazilian coup plot, which followed the election win of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against Jair Bolsonaro. The defendants—including the former president Bolsonaro—were convicted in a 4–1 vote for participation in an armed criminal organization, attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, attempted coup d'état, qualified damage, and deterioration of protected heritage property.