The Supreme Federal Court has a majority to convict the man who sat in 'Xandão's chair' on January 8th.

The First Chamber of the Supreme Federal Court formed a majority, this Friday 1st, to convict the Bolsonaro supporter who sat in Minister Alexandre de Moraes ' chair during the coup acts of January 8, 2023.

Fábio Alexandre de Oliveira , a 45-year-old mechanic, was charged by the Attorney General's Office with five crimes: violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, coup d'état, qualified damage, deterioration of listed heritage, and armed criminal association.

During the riot in Brasília, the man was filmed sitting in Moraes's chair. "Xandão's chair here. Here, you bum. The people are in charge of this sh...t," he said in the recording.

The Supreme Federal Court trial is taking place in a virtual plenary session. Justices Flávio Dino and Cristiano Zanin supported Alexandre de Moraes in sentencing, but there is disagreement over the sentences: Moraes and Dino voted for 17 years in prison, while Zanin proposed 15 years.

“The conduct of participating in the operation of a criminal concert aimed at annihilating the essential pillars of the Democratic State of Law, through violence and very serious damage to public property, is extremely serious,” Moraes argued.

The votes of ministers Luiz Fux and Cármen Lúcia remain.