If found guilty, Bolsonaro could face a long prison sentence, isolating the far-right firebrand who has avoided naming a political heir
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for allegedly conspiring to overthrow the government after he lost a 2022 election, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, moving swiftly in a case that could reshape the political landscape.
Moraes cast that insurrection as the result of Bolsonaro’s “systematic effort” to discredit the election he lost and then conspire to overturn using violence, with the help of senior military officers and cabinet members. In contrast with the tangle of criminal cases that had involved Trump, Brazilian courts and investigators have moved swiftly against Bolsonaro, threatening to end his political career and fracture the right-wing movement he built over the past decade.
Ahead of the landmark court hearing, Bolsonaro called a beachfront rally in Rio de Janeiro, hoping to seize on Lula’s waning popularity and pressure Congress to pass an amnesty bill favoring him and his jailed supporters.
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