Brazil Supreme Court Panel Votes to Convict Eduardo Bolsonaro
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- A panel of Brazil's supreme court has voted to convict Eduardo Bolsonaro for allegedly seeking US interference in his father's coup plot trial.
- He is accused of lobbying for sanctions against justices and tariffs on Brazilian goods.
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Eduardo Bolsonaro is accused of seeking US sanctions and tariffs to influence his father's coup plot trial. He claims he was not properly notified and was acting to ensure constitutional compliance.
A panel of Brazil’s supreme court has voted to convict Eduardo Bolsonaro of courting US interference in the coup plot trial of his father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro.
The panel’s four justices each backed the conviction on Tuesday and were expected to discuss the sentence later in the day.
The office of Brazil’s prosecutor general had charged Eduardo Bolsonaro with courting US authorities to help his father’s case by imposing sanctions on the court’s justices and tariffs on Brazilian goods.
The younger Bolsonaro, a former lawmaker, moved to the United States in 2025, months before the trial that convicted the rightwing ex-president of plotting a coup.
In the US, he has been active building support, especially from the Trump administration, for his father.
Eduardo Bolsonaro said in a statement after Tuesday’s conviction that he had not been properly notified about the court’s legal process.
He has told Reuters that his work in the US was not aimed at getting his father acquitted by Brazilian courts, but at forcing the Brazilian supreme court to punish officials who, according to the son, were not complying with Brazil’s constitution.
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Eduardo Bolsonaro will receive a sentence related to his conviction.
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