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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by a Supreme Court majority on Thursday of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, a powerful blow to the populist far-right movement he created.

The presumptive ruling by a majority of a panel of five justices in Brazil's Supreme Court makes Bolsonaro the first former president in the country's history to be convicted for attacking democracy.

"This criminal case is almost a meeting between Brazil and its past, its present, and its future," Justice Carmen Lucia said before she voted to convict Bolsonaro of attempting a coup, a reference to previous attempts to overthrow democracy in the country's history.

There was ample evidence, she added, that Bolsonaro acted "with the purpose of eroding democracy and institutions."

Three judges so far have voted to convict the former president of five crimes: taking part in an armed criminal organization, attempting to violently abolish democracy, organizing a coup, and damaging government property and protected cultural assets. One judge acquitted him, and one remains to vote.

The conviction of Bolsonaro, a former Army captain who never hid his admiration for the military dictatorship that killed hundreds of Brazilians between 1964 and 1985, echoes legal condemnations this year for far-right leaders elsewhere, including France's Marine Le Pen and the Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte.

It is likely to further enrage Bolsonaro's close ally U.S. President Donald Trump, who has already called the case a "witch hunt" and slammed Brazil with tariff hikes, sanctions against the presiding judge, and the revocation of visas for most members of Brazil's high court.

The justices are expected to decide on a prison sentence, and how it would be served, by Friday. Bolsonaro, who is currently under house arrest as part of another case, faces a maximum potential sentence of 40 years.

The verdict was not unanimous, with Justice Luiz Fux on Wednesday breaking with his peers by acquitting the former president of all charges.

That single vote could open a path to challenges to the ruling, potentially bringing the trial's conclusion closer to the run-up of the 2026 presidential elections, in which Bolsonaro has repeatedly said he is a candidate despite being barred from running for office.

Fux's vote also ignited a surge of righteous relief among the former president's supporters, who hailed it as a vindication.

"When coherence and a sense of justice prevail over vengeance and lies, there is no room for cruel persecution or biased judgments," Michelle Bolsonaro, the former president's wife, posted after Fux's vote.

ddippset:
In Nigeria, the status of former President is a confirment of infallibility, ominipotence and "untouchability"

Former Presidents are treated like deities..

Ordinary South Africa here and some other African countries have prosecuted their ex Presidents.

But Naija? One kain agbaya country wey I neva see!

MadamExcellency:
He will win if allowed to run again for president. Brazilian Justices are far-left activists.

Righteousness2:
Satanic socialist Brazilian president putting out fake demonic stunts on Bolsanaro.

I Expect some major riots in brazil in the very near Future.

Dogalmighty17:
Who are the voters that will help him win? Where were they when he lost the first time?

fergie001:
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RodgersAkpafu:
see your life?

now you are a convicted crook...

See your life??