Overview
- In an 85-page filing, Bolsonaro's lawyers seek clarification and a reduction of the sentence, arguing the decision contains ambiguities and overlapping charges.
- The Supreme Court said it will consider appeals from Bolsonaro and several aides between Nov. 7 and 14, following last month's 4–1 panel conviction on five crimes.
- Prosecutors allege the plot envisaged assassinating President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Justice Alexandre de Moraes, and failed for lack of military support.
- Bolsonaro remains under house arrest and will not be incarcerated until all appeals conclude, with his team signaling a possible request for home confinement on health grounds if the appeal fails.
- The case has weighed on relations with the United States as President Donald Trump denounced the prosecution and imposed tariffs and sanctions, then met Lula in Malaysia as ties showed tentative improvement.