Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- A five-judge panel of Brazil's Supreme Court will kick off on Sept 2 the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro, accused of plotting a coup after his electoral defeat, a court document showed on Friday.

The head of the panel, Justice Cristiano Zanin, scheduled court sessions for September 2-12, according to the document.

Bolsonaro, who this month was put under house arrest for failing to comply with restraining orders, faces charges he conspired with allies to violently overturn his 2022 electoral loss to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Bolsonaro's lawyers declined to comment.

The former right-wing leader denies any wrongdoing, but told Reuters in an interview last month he had no doubt the Supreme Cou...