Overview

• Three of five justices have voted to find Jair Bolsonaro guilty of attempting to overturn the 2022 election and of leading an armed criminal organization, with Justice Cristiano Zanin yet to vote.
• Once all votes are cast, the court will decide penalties, and the charges carry potential prison time measured in decades, according to prosecutors.
• Justice Luiz Fux dissented, asserting the Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction over a former president and that prosecutors did not prove an armed organization.
• Bolsonaro’s lawyers plan to appeal; an automatic review by the full 11-member court would require two dissents, a threshold that depends on the final vote.
• Evidence cited includes draft decrees, messages and witness testimony, a majority has also formed against at least two co-defendants, and Bolsonaro remains under house arrest after skipping hearings for health reasons.