US EditionBolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup
- Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by the Supreme Court for plotting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat.
- Bolsonaro faces a maximum potential sentence of 40 years in prison for crimes including attempting to violently abolish democracy.
- The conviction echoes legal condemnations of far-right leaders elsewhere and is expected to enrage Bolsonaro's ally, U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Four of the five judges found Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of attempted coup d'état.
Ex-Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro handed 27 years in prison for coup plot
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for coup plotting at the end of a landmark trial that divided the nation and drew US fury. The sentence could see the 70-year-old far-right leader spend the rest of his days in jail. Judges voted 4-1 to convict Bolsonaro of plotting to overthrow Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva following his October 2022 election defeat by the left-winger. Prosecuto…
Brazil's ex-President Bolsonaro is declared guilty - and must be behind bars for decades. He is thus the first ex-President of the country to be convicted of attempted overthrow.
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The lawyers of the former Brazilian president stated that the sentences imposed on his representative are "absurdly excessive," and that "the former president did not attack the Democratic State or participate in any plan."
Jair Bolsonaro must go to prison for nearly three decades because of a coup attempt. His lawyers want to challenge the verdict. Washington threatens with consequences
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