Brazil convicts Jair Bolsonaro's son of pursuing US help in father's legal battle

Eduardo Bolsonaro called the conviction "baseless and senseless".

Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of the former Brazilian president, sentenced to four years in prison for lobbying Washington

The former MP, based in the United States, had urged Donald Trump to impose economic sanctions on Brazil in order to influence his father's trial before the Brazilian Supreme Court.

Brazilian court convicts Jair Bolsonaro’s son of seeking US help for his father

Supreme court finds Eduardo Bolsonaro tried to get sanctions put on judges trying ex-president over coup plot A panel of ⁠Brazil’s supreme court has voted ⁠to convict Eduardo Bolsonaro of courting US ⁠interference in the coup plot trial of his father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro. The panel’s four justices each backed the conviction on Tuesday and were expected to discuss the sentence later in the day. Continue reading...

By Reuters

Brazilian court convicts Eduardo Bolsonaro of courting US interference

US placed tariffs on Brazilian goods and sanctioned judicial officials involved in trial of the father for coup plot.

Brazil: Court convicts Bolsonaro's son over US lobbying

The ex-president's son Eduardo Bolsonaro has been sentenced to four ⁠years and two months for meddling in his father's coup attempt trial by seeking help from the US.

Brazil Supreme Court Eduardo Bolsonaro over US sanctions push

Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced Eduardo Bolsonaro in absentia to four years and two months in prison for seeking US sanctions against Brazil during his father's coup trial. Prosecutors said he threatened judicial authorities by lobbying for sanctions if proceedings against former president Jair Bolsonaro did not favor him.

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By Althea Legaspi

Ex-Brazil President Bolsonaro's Son Jailed 4 Years For Lobbying For Father In US

Former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro's third son had attempted to curry American favor for his father, who is serving 27 years in prison for coup-plotting in 2022.

Mystikal Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison After Pleading Guilty to Rape Charge

"If I did that to you, I deserve the max sentence," the New Orleans rapper reportedly told the courtroom.

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Mystikal Sentenced to 20 Years in Rape Case

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By TMZ Staff

Brazil convicts Jair Bolsonaro’s son of pursuing US help in father’s legal battle

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.

By Abubakar Ibrahim

Brazil's Supreme Court sentences Eduardo Bolsonaro to four years for coercion

Former deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, was sentenced on Tuesday to four years and two months in prison by Brazil's Supreme Court for coercing the justice system through his lobbying of the United States government to impose sanctions against the country. The sentence would be served under a semi-open regime and automatically entails his political disqualification.