US EditionBrazil’s Bolsonaro One Step Closer to Prison After Court Rejects His Appeal
The Supreme Court cited Bolsonaro's leadership in a January 8 assault and assassination plots as key reasons for his 27-year sentence, highlighting his high culpability, the court said.
- On Friday, a Supreme Court panel rejected Jair Bolsonaro's appeal, upholding a 27 years and three months sentence and leaving him with limited options to avoid prison.
- After the 2022 election, prosecutors said efforts to undermine the voting system prompted the charges, and Bolsonaro was linked to instigating the January 8 assault on buildings housing Brazil's congress and other democratic institutions.
- Prosecutors disclosed assassination plans against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and a top Supreme Court judge, with Wladimir Soares saying, `We were only awaiting orders from the president, but he backed down`.
- A court source said the result could be published as early as Monday, with Bolsonaro potentially sent to prison in the last week of November, after the five-day appeal window closes and the final judgment is issued by Alexandre de Moraes.
- The panel's moves extend legal exposure to Bolsonaro's family and could limit his political role, as judges advanced a case against Eduardo Bolsonaro, federal lawmaker, while Bolsonaro remains under house arrest since August and may seek home detention due to a 2018 stabbing.
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The former far-right leader called unsuccessfully for his sentence to 27 years in prison for trying to remain authoritarianly in power after the victory of his rival Lula, October 2022.
While the country's Supreme Court rejected the appeal of Jair Bolsonaro, who has been under house arrest since August, the former president could be imprisoned in the last week of November The Court
Brazil’s Bolsonaro one step closer to prison after court rejects his appeal
The decision by Brazil's Supreme Court on Friday to reject an appeal by far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro means the former army captain could be sent to prison as early as the last week of November, a court source told AFP. Bolsonaro was convicted in September of a failed coup plot against centre-left President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after the former unionist's narrow victory in the 2022 elections.
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Prison looms for Brazil's Bolsonaro after court rejects his appeal
Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro is running out of options to avoid prison, after judges on Friday rejected his appeal against a 27-year sentence for a botched coup bid.
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