Polsonaro was convicted, and he was sentenced to 27 years in prison by the Brazilian Supreme Court of Committee for an attempt to coup

A committee of the Brazilian Supreme Court judges was sentenced to former President Geer Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison on Thursday after his conviction. From an attempt to coup To stay in office despite his 2022 election defeat.

Bolsonaro, who has always denied committing any violations, Currently under house arrest In Brazilia. He can appeal the ruling.

Four of the five judges who review the case in the committee found that the right -wing extremist politician is guilty on five charges, in a decision that would deepen political divisions and was expected to urge a violent reaction from the United States government. Bolsonaro makes the first former Brazilian president to condemn a coup attempt.

The extreme right -wing politician rules Brazil between 2019 and 2022.

President Trump said hours after he was “very happy” with conviction. Speaking to journalists leaving the White House, he said he always found that Bolsonaro was “wonderful”.

He added that the condemnation is “very bad for Brazil.”

After that, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in his novel X that the Trump administration “will respond accordingly to the owner of the witch.”

The verdict does not mean that he will immediately go to prison. The court committee now has up to 60 days to publish the ruling. Once this happens, Polsonaro’s lawyers have five days to apply for clarification. Polsonaro’s lawyers said they would appeal the ruling on the full Supreme Court consisting of 11 judges.

Bolsonaro did not attend the court’s procedures, and on Thursday morning he was seen in the garage of his home, but he did not speak to the correspondents.

Judge Cármen Lúcia said on Thursday that she was convinced of the evidence provided by the Prosecutor’s Office against the former president.

She said, “He is the instigator, the leader of an organization that has organized every possible step to maintain power or seize it.”

On Wednesday, Judge Louise Fox disagreed and sounded to create the former president of all charges.

The trial followed a divided community, supporting people the process against the former president, while others still support him. Some have moved to the streets to support the extreme right -wing leader who claims to be persecuted politically.

Bolsonaro’s trial received a renewed interest after Mr. Trump Connecting a 50 % tariff to imported Brazilian goods To the legal status of his ally, describing it as a “charming chase.” Observers say that the United States may announce new sanctions against Brazil after the trial, which has strained their fragile diplomatic relations.

Judge Alexander de Morais, who oversees the case, said on Tuesday that Bolsonaro was the leader of the coup plot and a criminal organization, and he voted in favor of his conviction.

The legislator, Eduardo Bolsonaro, on Thursday, talks about his father on his social media platforms. But instead of mentioning his father’s conviction, he pushed for the pardon he is looking for through Congress.

“It is time to do something less than true, just,” he said.

Fox did not agree, in his opposition opinion, on Wednesday, with De Morris and other judges.

“No person can punish a bottom,” said Fox. “The coup is not caused by isolated actions or individual demonstrations that lack coordination, but rather from the actions of organized groups, and are equipped with resources and strategic ability to confront and replace the current power.”

Earlier on Thursday, Lúcia also voted Bolsonaro’s condemnation of the organized crime with the alleged coup attempt.

Lúcia De Moraes allowed her to boycott her voting and played many videos that showed Bolsonaro in front of thousands of supporters between 2021 and 2023 urging him to leave the Supreme Court. De Moraaes also showed footage of some destruction inside the court headquarters after the riots on January 8, 2023.

Bolsonaro faced accusations that he tried to adhere to power illegally after his 2022 election defeat for current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Public Prosecutors He accused Bolsonaro With charges, including an attempt to move the coup, being part of an armed criminal organization, you have tried to cancel the violence of democratic law, as well as involvement in violence and pose a serious threat to the state’s origins and its listed heritage.

“Bolsonaro tried a coup in this country, and there are hundreds of evidence,” Lola said early on Thursday in an interview with the local television group, before the trial.

Despite his legal problems, Bolsonaro is still a strong political player in Brazil.

The extreme right -wing politician was previously banned from running for positions until 2030 in a separate case. He is expected to choose a heir who is likely to challenge without next year.

The rulers of the legislators in Bolsonaro may push for some amnesty through Congress.

The former leader now could have faced increasing pressure to choose a political heir, likely to challenge Lula in the general elections next year.

“There is a god in the sky who sees everything, loves justice and hates democratic,” said first lady Michel Bolsonaro on social media.