Bolsonaro was placed under house arrest in Brasilia this month for violating a ban on using social media to plead his case to the public.
The prosecutor’s office maintains that Bolsonaro led an “armed criminal organisation” that orchestrated the coup attempt and was its main beneficiary.
The case file also focuses on meetings where draft decrees were allegedly presented, including those involving the possible imprisonment of officials such as Supreme Court judges.
However, the defence has stressed that “there is no way to convict” Bolsonaro based on the evidence presented in the case file, which they argued adequately demonstrated that he ordered the transition of power to Lula.
His lawyers have questioned the validity of the plea bargain handed to Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, Bolsonaro’s former aide, on whose testimony many of the accusations are based.
Bolsonaro’s legal wranglings are at the centre of fizzing diplomatic tensions between Brazil and the United States.
US President Donald Trump has called the trial a “witch hunt” and the US Treasury Department has sanctioned Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseeing Bolsonaro’s trial, in response.
Trump has also signed an executive order slapping 50 per cent tariffs on many Brazilian imports, citing Bolsonaro’s “politically motivated persecution”.
