{"id":25242,"date":"2025-11-29T07:40:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T07:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=25242"},"modified":"2025-11-29T07:40:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T07:40:53","slug":"former-brazilian-president-and-trump-ally-begins-prison-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=25242","title":{"rendered":"Former Brazilian President and Trump Ally Begins Prison Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brazil\u2019s former president Jair Bolsonaro must begin serving a 27-year prison sentence for plotting an attempted coup, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled Tuesday. Bolsonaro\u2019s legal team declined to file a final appeal after his conviction for orchestrating a 2022 effort to overturn the election of President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva.<\/p>\n

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Moraes subsequently asked that the conviction be deemed final, eliminating any remaining avenues for appeal and triggering enforcement of the sentence,\u00a0CNN reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bolsonaro has been held at the Federal Police headquarters since Saturday, when authorities arrested him for tampering with his court-ordered ankle monitor. Moraes said Tuesday that Bolsonaro will serve his sentence at the facility.<\/p>\n

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Despite the ruling, Bolsonaro\u2019s attorney, Paulo Cunha Bueno, wrote on X that the former president would continue to pursue legal avenues to challenge the conviction.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Bolsonaro\u2019s attorneys called his arrest \u201cunjustifiable\u201d and argued that his health is at risk in custody. Later that day, the Supreme Court released a video it says shows Bolsonaro admitting to using a soldering iron to tamper with his ankle monitor.<\/p>\n

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According to the court, Bolsonaro claimed he was not attempting to evade house arrest, but said he acted while experiencing hallucinations brought on by new medication.<\/p>\n

The case stems from the period immediately after Bolsonaro lost his 2022 reelection campaign to Lula da Silva. Federal investigators say Bolsonaro and his allies quickly began outlining an illegal strategy to remain in power, culminating in the January 8, 2023 attack on government buildings in Bras\u00edlia by his supporters.<\/p>\n

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After President Donald Trump \u2014 a political ally of Bolsonaro \u2014 returned to office in 2024, the case became a point of tension in U.S.\u2013Brazil relations. In July, Trump imposed steep tariffs on select Brazilian exports and urged Brazil to abandon what he described as a \u201cwitch hunt\u201d against the former president, CNN noted.<\/p>\n

However, by the time Bolsonaro was taken into custody over the weekend, the White House had already granted tariff exceptions for several of Brazil\u2019s largest exports. Asked about the arrest on Saturday, President Trump said he had not been informed of the development but called it \u201ctoo bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u00a0announced the U.S. has revoked<\/a>\u00a0the visas of de Moraes, several of his judicial allies, and their immediate family members in response to what he described as a \u201cpolitical witch hunt\u201d targeting Bolsonaro.<\/p>\n

\u201c[President Trump] made clear that his administration will hold accountable foreign nationals who are responsible for censorship of protected expression in the United States,\u201d said Rubio, who is also serving as President Trump\u2019s national security adviser.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes\u2019s political witch hunt against Jair Bolsonaro created a persecution and censorship complex so sweeping that it not only violates basic rights of Brazilians, but also extends beyond Brazil\u2019s shores to target Americans,\u201d Rubio continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have therefore ordered visa revocations for Moraes and his allies on the court, as well as their immediate family members effective immediately,\u201d he noted further.<\/p>\n

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The secretary of state\u2019s announcement came hours after Brazil\u2019s highest court issued restraining orders and search warrants against former President Jair Bolsonaro, barring him from contacting foreign officials. Authorities also placed an ankle monitor on Bolsonaro and conducted a police raid on his residence, The Hill\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel supreme humiliation,\u201d the former Brazilian president told Reuters in a recent interview. \u201cI am 70 years old, I was president of the republic for four years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bolsonaro and several of his allies, who contend the charges are politically motivated, were indicted in February over an alleged \u201ccoup\u201d attempt and efforts to remain in power following his 2022 election loss to current President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva.<\/p>\n

He has also been banned from running for public office until 2030, The Hill added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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