Jair Bolsonaro's lawyers to present his defence at coup trial

The former Brazilian president denies conspiring to overturn his 2022 election loss to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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The former Brazilian President governed the country from January 2019 to December 2022, and is accused of leading an attempted coup after his defeat in the 2022 presidential election.

On Tuesday, the judge presiding over the trial alleged that Bolsonaro had tried to install a "veritable dictatorship" after losing to his left-wing rival, Luiz Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Bolsonaro has denied the charges and denounced the trial against him as a politically-motivated "witch hunt".

The former president was not in attendance at Tuesday's session, which marked the start of the final phase of the trial.