Brazilian Supreme Denies Bolsonaro’s Request to Extend Defensive Period

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Moraes dismissed the application and noted that it has no legal basis, taking into account that the “legislation provides for a period of 15 days, in the terms of article 4 of Law 8.038/90 and article 233 of the Rules of Procedure of the Supreme Federal Court.” The judge of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil, Alexandre de Moraes, rejected the application of the defense of former President Jair Bolsonaro to extend to 83 days the period to …

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Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), denied this Thursday (20), in Brasilia, a request made by the defense of former president Jair Bolsonaro to present a defense within 83 days. The request was made after Moraes ordered the summons of the former president's lawyers to comment on the complaint filed by the Attorney General's Office (PGR) in the investigation of the coup plot. The period of 83 days would compensate fo…

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Lawyers for the former president tried to extend the deadline to respond to the PGR accusation

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The STF minister allowed a deadline of 15 days for the defendants' lawyers to present a prior defense