Politics of the week: Bolsonaro defendant

Faced with the real possibility of ending up in prison, the former president still has a card in his deck to play: an amnesty project that various allied Congressional forces are pushing for impunity for the crimes against him.

Former Brazilian president says the arrest was unfair.

In an interview with the Folha de São Paulo newspaper, the former Brazilian president talks about the possibility of being arrested after the trial for an attempted coup d'etat. Jair Bolsonaro denies the crimes for which he is accused and even says that it would be “unfair” to impose a prison sentence.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) admitted, in an interview with Folha de S.Paulo, that he had discussed with his aides and military personnel possibilities such as a state of siege, a state of defense, and federal intervention after the 2022 elections. According to him, however, these hypotheses were discarded “right away”. The statement came in the same week that Bolsonaro became a defendant in the STF (Supreme Federal Court), accused of le…

In an interview a few days after being constituted as a defendant, the former Brazilian President assures that despite the conversations he never issued any illegal order.

Former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), who became a defendant this week before the Supreme Federal Court (STF) accused of leading a scam plot, admitted to Folha having spoken with aides about the state of siege, state of defense, and federal intervention in 2022, but says that these possibilities were ruled out “right off the bat”. Read more (03/29/2025)