BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes asked the president of the panel he is part of within the court to schedule the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro, a court document showed on Thursday. Moraes, who is overseeing the case at which Bolsonaro is accused of plotting a coup, sent the request […]
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Brazil Supreme Court justice Moraes requests Bolsonaro’s trial to be scheduled
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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes asked the president of the panel he is part of within the court to schedule the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro, a court document showed on Thursday.
Moraes, who is overseeing the case at which Bolsonaro is accused of plotting a coup, sent the request to Justice Cristiano Zanin. Bolsonaro denies the accusations.
(Reporting by Ricardo Brito in Brasilia; Writing by Andre Romani; Editing by Kylie Madry)