Overview

• An STF First Chamber panel convicted Jair Bolsonaro 4–1 of plotting to overturn the 2022 election and imposed a 27-year, three-month sentence.
• Bolsonaro remains under house arrest with an electronic monitor after earlier breaches of court orders, and his lawyers denounce the ruling as disproportionate.
• Several close aides also received prison terms ranging from about 2 to 26 years, including Walter Braga Netto, Almir Garnier, Paulo Sérgio Nogueira and Anderson Torres.
• One justice, Luiz Fux, dissented after a lengthy opinion, while the majority affirmed the evidentiary record of drafts, messages and testimony from a cooperating aide.
• Allied lawmakers are pushing amnesty measures as right‑wing leaders position potential 2026 standard‑bearers, with polls showing a sharply divided electorate.