Overview
- Bolsonaro’s lawyers lodged a clarification appeal within the legal deadline after the Supreme Court published its written judgment.
- The defense claims violations of the right to a full defense, citing insufficient time to analyze roughly 70 terabytes of evidence and denied postponement requests by Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
- Attorneys seek to void the cooperation deal and testimony of ex-aide Mauro Cid, argue overlap between the coup and violent abolition charges, and request a reduction or annulment of parts of the sentence.
- The conviction remains in force: a 4–1 ruling imposed 27 years and three months for leading an armed criminal organization and other offenses, with seven ex-ministers and senior military officers also sentenced, including Walter Braga Netto, Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, and Almir Garnier.
- Bolsonaro continues under house arrest in Brasília as the court seeks the Prosecutor General’s opinion and sets a hearing before potential merit appeals, with Brazilian media indicating a possible December decision on custody.