A Brazilian judge on Wednesday returned the first not-guilty vote in the coup-plotting trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro, shifting all eyes on the last two of his colleagues left to vote following two guilty findings.

Justice Luiz Fux labeled the trial as "political" in a verdict he read over more than nine hours.

Two other judges have so far voted to convict former army captain Bolsonaro, whose US ally President Donald Trump has branded the high-profile Brazilian trial a "witch hunt."

The 70-year-old far-right ex-leader risks a prison sentence of more than 40 years if found guilty of seeking to claw back power after his defeat in 2022 elections to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

A simple majority of three of the five presiding judges is needed for a conviction. The verdict h

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