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    Home - Brazil - Jair Bolsonaro: Brazilian Supreme Court judges vote to convict ex-president of attempting a coup

    Jair Bolsonaro: Brazilian Supreme Court judges vote to convict ex-president of attempting a coup

    Jair Bolsonaro: Brazilian Supreme Court judges vote to convict ex-president of attempting a coup

    Jair Bolsonaro: Brazilian Supreme Court judges vote to convict ex-president of attempting a coup

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    • September 11, 2025
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    Cliff Notes

    • Brazilian Supreme Court judges have convicted former president Jair Bolsonaro on five counts related to an attempted coup following his 2022 election defeat.
    • Bolsonaro faces a potential lengthy prison sentence and is currently under house arrest, with plans to appeal the verdict.
    • The ruling intensifies political divisions in Brazil and may provoke backlash from U.S. officials, including former ally Donald Trump.

    Jair Bolsonaro: Brazilian Supreme Court judges vote to convict ex-president of attempting a coup | World News

    The majority of a panel of Brazilian Supreme Court judges have voted to convict the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro of attempting a coup after his 2022 election defeat.

    The far-right politician, who ruled Brazil between 2019 and 2022, was found guilty on five counts by three members of a five-justice panel.

    Just one of the five judges has acquitted Bolsonaro and when the final one has voted, the panel will decide on the former president’s sentence – which could amount to decades in prison.

    The five counts were trying to stage a coup, being part of an armed criminal organisation, attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, being implicated in violence, and posing a serious threat to the state’s assets and listed heritage.

    The 70-year-old, who has denied any wrongdoing, is currently under house arrest at his home in Brasilia.

    His lawyers have said they will appeal the verdict.

    The ruling will deepen political divisions in Brazil and is also likely to prompt a backlash from the United States government – with the US president already sharing his thoughts on the vote.

    Bolsonaro ally Donald Trump has said he was surprised and very unhappy with the decision.

    Mr Trump previously called the case a “witch hunt”, slapped Brazil with tariff hikes and revoked US visas for most members of Brazil’s high court.

    Bolsonaro is the first former Brazilian president to be convicted of attempting a coup.

    He has not attended the court proceedings, and on Thursday he was seen at his garage at his property, but did not talk to the media.

    What happens next?

    Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseeing the case, said on Tuesday that Bolsonaro was the leader of a coup plot and of a criminal organisation, and voted in favour of convicting him. Justices Flavio Dino, Carmen Lucia and Cristiano Zanin sided with Justice Moraes in the trial.

    On Wednesday, another justice, Luiz Fux, disagreed and voted to acquit the ex-president of all charges.

    Justice Lucia said she was convinced by the evidence the attorney general’s office put forward against Bolsonaro.

    She said: “He is the instigator, the leader of an organisation that orchestrated every possible move to maintain or seize power.”

    The far-right politician had been previously banned from running for office until 2030 in a different case.

    He is expected to choose an heir who is likely to challenge President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva next year.

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