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Brazil convicts Jair Bolsonaro's son of pursuing US help in father's legal battle [View all]
The son of jailed former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been convicted by Brazil's highest court of pursuing US intervention during his father's coup trial last year.
Eduardo Bolsonaro, 41, was charged last year with lobbying US authorities to help the ex-president by imposing tariffs or sanctions on Brazil.
A former congressman in Brazil, Eduardo relocated to the US in 2025 before his father, who governed the country from January 2019 to December 2022, was found guilty of plotting a military coup and given a 27-year sentence.
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Brazil's Supreme Court sentenced him in absentia to four years and two months in prison.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl3x0pey9lo
Eduardo Bolsonaro, 41, was charged last year with lobbying US authorities to help the ex-president by imposing tariffs or sanctions on Brazil.
A former congressman in Brazil, Eduardo relocated to the US in 2025 before his father, who governed the country from January 2019 to December 2022, was found guilty of plotting a military coup and given a 27-year sentence.
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Brazil's Supreme Court sentenced him in absentia to four years and two months in prison.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl3x0pey9lo
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