Brazil's Supreme Court will begin deciding on September 2 whether former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is guilty of plotting a coup and whether he should be imprisoned, the court said Friday.

Bolsonaro is accused of attempting to hold power despite his 2022 electoral defeat by Brazil's current leftist leader, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

He faces up to 40 years in prison if found guilty.

The Supreme Court statement said the ruling would be considered "during extraordinary sessions on September 2, 3, 9, 10 and 12."

Thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed government buildings in Brasilia on January 8, 2023, a week after Lula's inauguration, alleging election fraud and calling on the military to intervene.

Bolsonaro, who led the Latin American country from 2019 to 2022, has maintain

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