Ministers, advisers and civil servants

Filipe Martins

ImprisonedConvictedPracticing, inducing or inciting discrimination or prejudice based on race, color, ethnicity, religion or national origin (art. 20 of Law 7.716/1989)Armed criminal organizationAttempted violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of LawCoup d'étatDamages: RacismDamages: Coup plotAggravated damage (to Union property)Deterioration of heritage-listed propertyCriminal organizationpartial list

He held positions of trust at the Presidency during the Bolsonaro government: deputy chief adviser at the President's Special Advisory Office (2019) and chief adviser at the Special Advisory Office for International Affairs of the Special Secretariat for Strategic Affairs (2020–2022), by ordinances of the Chief of Staff's ministers. Convicted by Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) in AP 2693 (core 2 of the coup plot) and sentenced to 21 years; according to the Prosecutor-General's Office (PGR), cited by Agência Brasil, he was one of those responsible for the draft coup decree. Final and unappealable on 23/04/2026.

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Court cases and investigations

Criminal sphere

Criminal Case 1022041-26.2021.4.01.3400 (12th Federal Criminal Court of the Federal District) — Filipe Martins's gesture at a Senate session (racism) — Convicted (appealable)
Racism · R$30,000
Federal Police (PF) investigation into the coup attempt after the 2022 election — Named as suspect by police
Criminal Case 2693 (coup plot — core 2) — Convicted (final, unappealable)
Coup plot · R$30,000,000

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