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Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro Convicted of Coup Try, Sentenced to 27 Years in Jail
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Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro Convicted of Coup Try, Sentenced to 27 Years in Jail

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By Tycoon Herald 6 Min Read Published September 13, 2025
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This text was initially printed  by The Epoch Instances: Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro Convicted of Coup Try, Sentenced to 27 Years in Jail

A panel of the Brazilian Supreme Court docket on Sept. 11 sentenced former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in jail after convicting him of making an attempt to overthrow the federal government following his loss within the nation’s 2022 election.

The five-justice court docket finalized its conviction of Bolsonaro Thursday night on 5 counts, together with an tried coup, being a part of an armed felony group, tried violent abolition of democratic rule of regulation, injury characterised by violence, and a severe risk in opposition to the state’s belongings and deterioration of listed heritage.

The panel then moved rapidly to the sentencing part of the trial, sentencing the previous Brazilian president to 27 years and three months in jail. That makes Bolsonaro the primary former Brazilian president to be convicted of a coup try.

The conviction stems from the aftermath of the 2022 Brazilian presidential election, which included assaults on authorities buildings by Bolsonaro’s supporters.

Bolsonaro has denied any involvement and stated that he’s the goal of political persecution beneath the administration of his former competitor, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, or Lula.

The conviction, which was permitted by 4 of the 5 justices overseeing the case, is prone to inflame tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has alleged that the felony trial is politically motivated persecution and referred to as for Brazil to drop the proceedings.

Requested in regards to the conviction as he left the White Home to go for a Yankees baseball sport, Trump stated he was “very unhappy” with the conviction, and referred to as it “very bad for Brazil.”

“I watched that trial. … I thought he was a good president of Brazil, and it’s very surprising that could happen,” Trump stated, drawing parallels to the prosecutions he confronted beneath the earlier administration for his claims of fraud within the 2020 election.

One member of the court docket, Justice Luiz Fux, voted to acquit Bolsonaro of all 5 fees, saying there was inadequate proof for any of the prosecutors’ claims.

Fux spoke to the court docket for greater than 13 hours to elucidate his vote. The vote—which might make it simpler for Bolsonaro to efficiently enchantment the conviction later—drew upset appears to be like from different members of the panel.

For Bolsonaro’s supporters, Fux’s vote to acquit got here as a aid.

“When coherence and a sense of justice prevail over vengeance and lies, there is no room for cruel persecution or biased judgments,” Michelle Bolsonaro, Bolsonaro’s spouse, stated in a put up on-line.

The trial started in Could and centered round Bolsonaro’s response to his defeat within the nation’s 2022 election and his feedback in regards to the voting course of. Previous to and following the election, Bolsonaro referred to as for using paper ballots as an alternative of digital ballots, saying that digital voting machines had been susceptible to fraud and manipulation.

On Jan. 8, 2023, a crowd of his supporters attacked a number of authorities buildings in Brazil, together with the Supreme Court docket, Congress, and the presidential palace. Bolsonaro, who was residing in Kissimmee, Florida on the time, condemned these assaults the next day in an internet assertion.

Bolsonaro returned to Brazil in March 2023.

In April 2023, he was ordered to show himself over for questioning in regards to the Jan. 8 occasions.

Since then, Bolsonaro has confronted mounting authorized troubles from the Brazilian authorities.

In June 2023, he was convicted of abusing energy by the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court docket and was declared ineligible to run once more till 2030. In October 2023, the identical court docket convicted him of utilizing Brazil’s Independence Day to advertise his candidacy, a violation of Brazilian regulation.

Formal accusations had been introduced in November 2024 by police in opposition to Bolsonaro and 36 others.

Reuters and The Related Press contributed to this report.

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