By Paula Laboissiere

On the second day of Brazil’s Supreme Court trial investigating an alleged coup plot, the lawyer for former Defense Minister Paulo Sérgio Nogueira stated that his client attempted to dissuade former President Jair Bolsonaro from pursuing a coup d’état. According to Andrew Fernandes, “it has been more than proven that General Paulo Sérgio is innocent.”

The First Panel of the Supreme Court is continuing the trial that could convict former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven allies for allegedly plotting to overturn the results of the 2022 election.

The former minister’s defense, presented on Wednesday (Sep. 3), claims that “General Paulo Sérgio Nogueira was unintentionally entangled in a conspiracy. But the evidence in the case file and the judicial investigation have

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