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If Elected, Can Flavio Get Jair Bolsonaro Out of Prison for the Coup Plot?

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If Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) is elected president, he can change the sentence of his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), who was sentenced to 27 years and three months for attempted coup d'état in the events of January 8.

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If Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) is elected president, he can change the sentence of his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), who was sentenced to 27 years and three months for attempted coup d'état in the events of January 8.

·São Paulo, Brazil
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The national president of the PL, Valdemar Costa Neto, said on Monday (5) that former president Jair Bolsonaro "may be a strong candidate" to contest the Presidency in four years. Valdemar also emphasized that the party's candidate to the Federal Executive in 2026, Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), must anistiate the father if he wins the second round of the election. "I think that Flávio, if elected president of the Republic, will release Jair Bolsonar…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Presidential forgiveness, reduction of sentence and amnesty are distinct paths that could be discussed in a possible Flávio government; experts explain the constitutional limits and the role of the STF The post Flávio Bolsonaro can free Jair from the 27-year sentence if elected? See what experts say apareceu primeiro em ND More

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Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) has as one of the main campaign promises to grant presidential pardon to his father, Jair Bolsonaro (PL). Read more (10/06/2026

·São Paulo, Brazil
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If Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) is elected President of the Republic, he may use the mechanisms provided for in the Constitution to try to change his father's criminal situation, former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), sentenced by the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to 27 years and three months in prison for the coup plot.The possibility involves instruments such as pardon, grace and commutation of sentence, but any measure would not necessarily be free fro…

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Jair Bolsonaro is ineligible and in house arrest, sentenced to 27 years for attempted coup d'état after the elections of 2022. Flávio Bolsonaro has always maintained that his father was the victim of a political persecution, and promised, if elected, to grant amnesty to the former Brazilian President.

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CNN Brasil broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Monday, October 5, 2026.
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