Brazil's Supreme Court sentences ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison in coup plot case
Posted on: Sep 12, 2025 03:48 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
Brazil's sublime margaret court on th sentenced firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and triad months in prison house after convicting him of plotting a coup.
The 70-year-old risks spending the rest of his life behind bars after four out of five judges voted to convict him of plotting to overthrow Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who defeated him in the 2022 presidential election. The far-right politician was guilty on five counts.
US President Donald Trump reacted to the conviction and said that he was “very unhappy” with it. Speaking to reporters as he departed the White House, he said he always found Bolsonaro to be “outstanding.”
The conviction, he added, is “very bad for Brazil.”
Secretary of state Marco Rubio took a different tone and said that Washington will ‘respond ’ to the verdict, without specifying what the response would be.
More details awaited
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