Who are the witnesses who will be heard in the trial of those accused of attempted coup?

In the coming days, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) will begin hearing witnesses for the defense and prosecution in the criminal case regarding the alleged attempted coup d'état. In this first stage, the witnesses are linked to the so-called "core 1", which includes former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), federal deputy and former general director of Abin Alexandre Ramagem, former Minister of Justice and former Secretary of Public Security of the Federal District Anderson Torres, among others.

People indicated by Bolsonaro's former aide-de-camp, who is collaborating in the action, will also be heard.

In total, the 82 witnesses indicated will be heard over the next 10 days. After hearing the witnesses, the STF begins the so-called criminal procedural instruction, which is the phase of the process where the evidence is produced.

This Monday (19), starting at 3 pm, the following prosecution witnesses will be heard:

• Éder Lindsay Magalhães Balbino - businessman who allegedly helped to put together a false dossier pointing to fraud in electronic voting machines (also a witness for Walter Souza Braga Netto's defense);

• Clebson Ferreira de Paula Vieira - a civil servant who worked at the Ministry of Justice during Anderson Torres' administration and allegedly witnessed the request for intelligence reports to support the operations of the Federal Highway Police (PRF) in order to block the movement of voters from the Northeast in the second round of the 2022 presidential election;

• Adiel Pereira Alcântara - former intelligence coordinator of the Federal Highway Police;

• Ibaneis Rocha Barros Júnior - governor of the Federal District (also a witness for the defense of Anderson Gustavo Torres),

• Marco Antônio Freire Gomes - commander of the Army in the government of Jair Bolsonaro (also a witness to the defenses of Mauro César Barbosa Cid, Almir Garnier dos Santos, Jair Messias Bolsonaro and Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Olivera);

• Carlos de Almeida Baptista Júnior - Commander of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) in 2022 (also witness to the defenses of Almir Garnier dos Santos, Jair Messias Bolsonaro and Paulo Sérgio)

On the 22nd, starting at 8 am, the witnesses of collaborator Mauro Cid will be heard:

• Julio Cesar de Arruda (also a witness for the defense of Jair Messias Bolsonaro);

Starting on the 23rd, the defense witnesses indicated by each of the defendants will be heard:

May 23rd

• Witnesses of Alexandre Ramagem Rodrigues :

• Witness of Walter Souza Braga Netto : Waldo Manuel de Oliveira Aires.

• Witnesses for Augusto Heleno Ribeiro Pereira : Hamilton Mourão (also a witness for the defenses of Jair Messias Bolsonaro, Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira and Walter Souza Braga Netto), Alex D´Alosso Minussi and Gustavo Suarez da Silva.

• Witnesses of Almir Garnier Santos : Marcos Sampaio Olsen, Antonio Capistrano de Freitas Filho, José Aldo Rebelo Figueiredo and Marcelo Francisco Campos.

May 26th

• Witnesses for Augusto Heleno Ribeiro Pereira : Carlos José Russo Penteado, Ricardo Ibsen Pennaforte de Campos, Marcelo Antonio Cartaxo Queiroga (also a witness for the defense of Walter Souza Braga Netto); Antonio Carlos de Oliveira Freitas, Amilton Coutinho Ramos, Ivan Gonçalves, Valmor Falkemberg Boelhouwer, Christian Perillier Schneider, Osmar Lootens Machado, Asdrubal Rocha Saraiva.

May 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th

• Anderson Gustavo Torres ' witnesses:

• Witnesses of Jair Messias Bolsonaro :

June 2nd

• Witnesses of Anderson Gustavo Torres : Marcos Montes, Sandro Nunes Vieira, Ana Paula Marra, Saulo Luis Bastos.

• Witness for Jair Messias Bolsonaro : Rogério Marinho (also a witness for Walter Souza Braga Netto's defense).

Bolsonaro tried to postpone witness hearing

Former President Jair Bolsonaro's lawyers tried to have the witnesses' testimonies to the Supreme Court postponed. The argument was that the amount of evidence in the case is too large and there are technical difficulties in downloading all the material.

The request came after Moraes granted Bolsonaro full access to evidence from the investigation.

The request, however, was denied and the hearings are maintained.

After hearing witnesses, the Supreme Court will schedule the interrogation of the defendants

The testimony of witnesses in the criminal case involving the alleged coup will be conducted by assistant judges from the office of Justice Alexandre de Moraes. All hearings will be held via videoconference and will be attended by the defense attorneys of the accused and representatives of the Attorney General's Office (PGR). Everyone, including the assistant judge, may ask questions of the witnesses.

Once all witnesses have been heard, Moraes must schedule the defendants' interrogations. Each procedure is part of the stages of the criminal proceedings that, in the end, will decide whether the defendants are guilty or innocent. This final judgment will be carried out by the First Chamber of the STF.