Brazil’s Supreme Court voted to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro of planning a coup in 2023 that might have included assassinating Brazil’s president.
Sept. 11 Brazil’s Supreme Court voted to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro of planning a coup in 2023 that prosecutors said might have included assassinating President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Three members of the court’s five-judge panel on Thursday voted to convict Bolsonaro, 70, on all five counts related to the coup attempt, CNN reported.
Justice Carmen Lucia Antunes Rocha delivered the deciding vote on Thursday and accused Bolsonaro of trying to « sow the malignant seed of anti-democracy », according to The Guardian.
