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    Home - Brazil - Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in jail for attempted coup

    Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in jail for attempted coup

    Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in jail for attempted coup

    Jair Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in jail for attempted coup

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    • September 12, 2025
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    Cliff Notes

    • Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison for attempting a coup following his 2022 election defeat, marking him as the first former Brazilian president to face such a conviction.
    • The Supreme Court found Bolsonaro guilty on multiple counts, including leading a coup and being part of an armed criminal organisation; his lawyers have indicated plans to appeal.
    • The ruling exacerbates Brazil’s political divisions and is likely to invite backlash from allies, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, who expressed his discontent with the decision.

    Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil’s former president sentenced to 27 years in jail for attempted coup | World News

    Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison for attempting a coup to stay in power after his 2022 election defeat.

    The far-right politician, who ruled Brazil between 2019 and 2022, is currently under house arrest in the capital, Brasilia.

    A panel of five Supreme Court justices handed down the sentence several hours after they found the 70-year-old guilty on five counts.

    The counts were trying to stage a coup, being part of an armed criminal organisation, attempting 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.

    Lawyers aren’t giving up

    Bolsonaro’s 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 Donald Trump already sharing his thoughts on the vote.

    President Trump, an ally of Bolsonaro, has said he was surprised and “very unhappy” with the decision.

    Speaking to reporters outside the White House, he said he always found Bolsonaro “outstanding” and said the conviction is “very bad for Brazil”.

    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 the garage of his property, but did not talk to the media.

    Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who has been 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, saying: “He is the instigator, the leader of an organisation that orchestrated every possible move to maintain or seize power.”

    Bolsonaro 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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