Overview
- Brazil’s Supreme Court First Chamber convicted Jair Bolsonaro 4–1 of attempting to subvert the democratic order and sentenced him to 27 years and three months, with seven aides also receiving multi‑year terms.
- Under strict house arrest since August, Bolsonaro made a court‑authorized trip to Brasília’s DF Star hospital for outpatient dermatological procedures, then returned home under heavy police escort.
- Bolsonaro’s lawyers said they will file all possible appeals at home and internationally, arguing the penalties are disproportionate and that the defense was curtailed.
- Lula said the case was conducted under Brazil’s 1988 Constitution, rejected claims of a “witch hunt,” and wrote that investigations uncovered plots to kill him, the vice president and a Supreme Court justice.
- The United States under President Trump imposed 50% tariffs on many Brazilian goods and sanctioned some Supreme Court magistrates, prompting Brasília to decry foreign interference as Washington signaled further responses.