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Eduardo Bolsonaro convicted for lobbying US in father's case

Brazil Supreme Court sentences Eduardo Bolsonaro to 4 years for lobbying Trump admin to sanction judges.

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Brazil's Supreme Court has sentenced Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, to four years in prison and imposed an eight-year political ban after unanimously finding him guilty of coercion. The conviction stems from his campaign urging the Trump administration to sanction Brazilian judges involved in legal proceedings against his father. The court ruled that Eduardo Bolsonaro improperly lobbied U.S. officials to pressure Brazilian authorities, undermining judicial independence. The sentence was delivered in absentia as Eduardo Bolsonaro remains outside Brazil.
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3d agoAnadolu Agency

New details: 4-year sentence and 8-year political ban confirmed; court unanimously found him guilty of coercion for urging Trump administration to sanction Brazilian judges.

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