{"id":7067,"date":"2025-09-12T07:25:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T07:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/brazils-ex-president-sentenced-to-27-years-in-jail-as-trump-warns-conviction-is-very-bad-for-country\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T07:25:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T07:25:54","slug":"brazils-ex-president-sentenced-to-27-years-in-jail-as-trump-warns-conviction-is-very-bad-for-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/brazils-ex-president-sentenced-to-27-years-in-jail-as-trump-warns-conviction-is-very-bad-for-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil’s ex-president sentenced to 27 years in jail – as Trump warns conviction is ‘very bad’ for country"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/p>\n

The far-right politician, who ruled Brazil between 2019 and 2022, is currently under house arrest in the capital, Brasilia.<\/p>\n

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

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.<\/p>\n

Bolsonaro’s lawyers have said they will appeal the verdict.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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President Trump, an ally of Bolsonaro, has said he was surprised and “very unhappy” with the decision.<\/p>\n

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

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.<\/p>\n

Bolsonaro is the first former Brazilian president to be convicted of attempting a coup.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, another justice, Luiz Fux, disagreed and voted to acquit the ex-president of all charges.<\/p>\n

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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.”<\/p>\n

Bolsonaro had been previously banned from running for office until 2030 in a different case.<\/p>\n

He is expected to choose an heir who is likely to challenge President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva next year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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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…<\/p>\n

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