Bolsonaro Skips Final Appeal, Clearing Way for Supreme Court to Order Prison Term

Overview

• The defense missed Monday's deadline for a second set of clarification appeals, positioning Moraes to declare the case final and execute the 27-year, 3-month sentence.
• The Supreme Court's First Panel unanimously kept Bolsonaro in preventive detention after he deliberately damaged his ankle monitor, citing flight risk and potential supporter mobilizations.
• Embargos infringentes remain theoretically possible this week, yet court precedent requires two votes for acquittal and Bolsonaro secured only one from Luiz Fux.
• Co-defendants split on strategy as Paulo Sérgio Nogueira and Augusto Heleno filed new clarification appeals, Walter Braga Netto submitted both clarification and infringentes, and Almir Garnier pursued infringentes.
• Anderson Torres did not file new appeals but asked to serve any ordered sentence at the Federal Police headquarters in Brasília or the PM’s Bavop battalion due to security risks and health concerns, while Alexandre Ramagem did not appeal and remains in the United States.