US EditionBrazil's Bolsonaro seeks appeal of coup conviction to full Supreme Court
Bolsonaro's legal team contests his 27-year sentence for plotting a coup, citing procedural flaws and political persecution in appeals to Brazil’s full Supreme Court.
- Lawyers for Brazil's ex‑president Jair Bolsonaro filed an appeal to the full Supreme Court seeking annulment of his coup‑plotting conviction, while Bolsonaro maintains he is innocent and a victim of political persecution.
- After earlier appeals failed, the defense now points to a lone dissent on the five‑member section that convicted him, while earlier appeals were rejected earlier this month and on Tuesday.
- Earlier this month, Bolsonaro was detained at police headquarters in Brasilia after allegedly tampering with his ankle monitor, with lawyers seeking home confinement citing health issues from a 2018 stabbing.
- With Bolsonaro sidelined, Brazil's large conservative electorate is without a champion heading into the next presidential contest, and prosecutors say the plot failed due to lack of military top brass support.
- It was not immediately clear whether the appeal can succeed, and Bolsonaro has won support from US President Donald Trump, who called it a `witch hunt` and imposed sanctions on Brazil.
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BRAZILIA.- The definitive arrest of Jair Bolsonaro, who on Tuesday was left with no margin to reverse the sentence to 27 years and 3 months in prison for attempted coup d'état, reactivated a conflict that had matured in silence: the dispute over his political heritage.In the Brazilian right, there is no longer talk of his candidacy in 2026, but of who will be able to appropriate his electoral capital to confront President Luiz Inácio Lula da Sil…
The Brazilian ex-president's lawyers are going against the 27-year sentence, arguing that only four out of five judges have found him guilty.
(AFP) Jair Bolsonaro's defense filed a new appeal on Friday asking for the "nullity" of the coup trial that sentenced him to 27 years in prison, three days after the Supreme Court ordered the former Brazilian president to begin serving his sentence.Read more]]>
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Brazil's Bolsonaro seeks appeal of coup conviction to full Supreme Court
Lawyers for Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro filed a new appeal Friday requesting the annulment of his coup-plotting conviction, which saw him sentenced to 27 years in prison.
The defence of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro filed an appeal for "validity", after the conviction of the far-right leader.
Lawyers for Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro have filed an appeal against the 27-year prison sentence against the ex-president that was upheld by the country's Supreme Court earlier this week.
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