Moraes Votes to Convict Ex-DF Police Chiefs as Bolsonaro Files New Appeal in Coup Case

Overview

• Alexandre de Moraes voted to sentence five former commanders of the Federal District Military Police to 16 years for intentional omission on 8 January, while absolving two lower-ranking officers; the First Panel’s virtual vote runs until December 5.
• Jair Bolsonaro’s lawyers filed embargos infringentes invoking Luiz Fux’s lone dissent, but STF jurisprudence requiring two absolving votes makes the bid unlikely to be admitted.
• The First Panel’s convictions for the ‘núcleo crucial’ are now final and being executed, with Bolsonaro kept in the Federal Police headquarters in Brasília under an initial closed regime.
• In the Senate, PL 5,977/2025 by Carlos Viana seeks to revoke core articles of the democracy law, and an urgency request is being mustered, a change that could retroactively reduce sentences and move convicts out of closed custody if approved.
• In the Chamber, rapporteur Paulinho da Força is pressing for a plenary vote next week on a penalty-reduction text without amendments, as PL negotiators weigh dropping a broad amnesty push to secure a narrower deal.