US EditionBrazil's lower house removes Bolsonaro's son and former intelligence agency head from their seats
Eduardo Bolsonaro was removed for missing over 80% of sessions after moving to Texas; Ramagem was ousted following a Supreme Court order linked to a 16-year jail term.
- Hugo Motta announced on Thursday that he had removed Eduardo Bolsonaro, lawmaker and son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, and Alexandre Ramagem, former head of Brazil's intelligence agency, publishing the decision in Brazil's lower house journal.
- Ramagem's removal stemmed from a Supreme Court order after he fled to the U.S. to avoid a 16-year jail sentence, and Eduardo Bolsonaro missed over 80% of this year's sessions after moving to Texas.
- If Eduardo returns to Brazil he will face trial on obstructing-justice charges in connection with the attempted coup case, and Brazilian prosecutors say a conviction could bring a prison term range of one to four years and a fine.
- Earlier this month, Motta — who has often sided with Bolsonaro allies — said he would put Ramagem's removal to a full-house vote, and neither Eduardo Bolsonaro nor Alexandre Ramagem made comments about losing their seats.
- In Washington, his efforts included claims he influenced U.S. President Donald Trump’s July 50% tariff hike on Brazilian imports, later partly revoked after talks with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of the former Brazilian president, has his term of office as an MP cancelled because of his political activism in the United States.
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Brazil's lower house removes Bolsonaro's son and former intelligence agency head from their seats
Brazil’s lower house speaker Hugo Motta has decided to remove two lawmakers close to former President Jair Bolsonaro from their seats in the latest blow to the far-right leader serving a 27-year jail sentence for leading a coup attempt.
Brazil's Lower House has stripped Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, one of the sons of former President Jair Bolsonaro, of his seat for not attending enough sessions.
The additional missionary José Olympio said this Friday that he had already been formally communicated by the House of Deputies to assume, definitively, the mandate left by Eduardo Bolsonaro, who had been overregular. — I have been formally communicated by the House of Deputies to take up the mandate, in accordance with the rules of procedure. The call takes place after the Board of Directors of the House to declare the loss of Eduardo Bolsonaro…
The presidency of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil declared this Thursday the loss of term of office of deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro and who has been in the United States since the beginning of this year, for exceeding the limit of faults not justified allowed by law. He also decreed the loss of [...] The entry Son of Bolsonaro loses seat in Chamber of Deputies of Brazil due to absenteeism was first published…
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