Majority of Brazilian Supreme Court panel convicts Bolsonaro of attempting a coup

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Source: Politico

The majority of a panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices on Thursday voted to convict former president Jair Bolsonaro of attempting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat, in a ruling that will deepen political divisions and likely prompt a backlash from the United States government.

The far-right politician who governed Brazil between 2019 and 2022 was found guilty on five counts by three members of a five-justice panel. The latest to rule was Cármen Lúcia on Thursday, a day after another justice, Luiz Fux, disagreed and voted to acquit the ex-president of all charges.

There is only one pending justice to vote.

Once all five justices have voted, the panel will decide on Bolsonaro’s sentence, which could amount to decades in prison. The 70-year-old former president is currently under house arrest.

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/11/bolsonaro-supreme-court-conviction-00558165

[twodogsbarking]

1. They are better at dealing with coup leaders I guess.

[AZProgressive]

2. K&R

I came here to share this

Brazil's former President Bolsonaro found guilty of plotting coup

The former President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been found guilty of plotting a military coup.

Brazil's Supreme Court reached the majority of three votes needed to find him guilty. One judge voted to acquit him, and another is yet to vote.

The 70-year-old has been convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

While the plot failed to enlist enough support from the military to go ahead, it did culminate in the storming of government buildings by Bolsonaro's supporters on 8 January 2023, the justices found.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c147n38k800o

[rubbersole]

3. Wonder what the rule of law really feels like....

..one can dream.

[mn9driver]

4. The US being given a lesson on how a country of laws is supposed to work.

Too bad it’s filling on deaf MAGA/GOP ears.

[walkingman]

5. Why didn't this happen in the US? I'll answer my own question....our justice system is corrupt.

"Laws are like spiderwebs: they catch the weak and poor, but the rich can rip right through them."

[joanbarnes]

6. Happy for Brazil.

[Initech]

7. We should have done that here. Trump and his goons have no business being in power.