Brazil’s top court sentenced former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison. The nation’s Congress is already debating how to free him.
Jair Bolsonaro Trial
Brazil’s top court sentenced former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison. The nation’s Congress is already debating how to free him.
Federal agents standing guard this month in Brasília, with Brazil’s Congress in the background, where negotiations about amnesty for Jair Bolsonaro have already begun.Credit...Dado Galdieri for The New York Times
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Last year ex-president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in jail for plotting a coup after losing an election.
BRASILIA: Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved a bill early Wednesday that could drastically reduce the sentence of former…
Sentence comes shortly after a majority of justices voted to convict the former Brazilian leader on five charges.
The 70-year-old former president is currently under house arrest.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted for attempting a coup
The ex-president was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for trying to foment a coup after his election loss.
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