Brazil's Supreme Court convicts Eduardo Bolsonaro for seeking US sanctions against judges
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Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, has been convicted by Brazil's Supreme Court for coercion against the judiciary. The conviction stems from his efforts to lobby the U.S. government to impose sanctions against Brazilian judges who were prosecuting his father. The First Chamber of the Supreme Court voted unanimously, with a potential sentence of one to four years. Judge Alexandre de Moraes noted that Eduardo Bolsonaro admitted to traveling to the U.S. in 2025 specifically to seek penalties against the magistrates handling his father's cases.
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· 3 pulledEl exdiputado Eduardo Bolsonaro, hijo del expresidente brasileño Jair Bolsonaro, ha sido condenado este martes por el Tribunal Supremo de Brasil por coacciones a la Justicia
Los cuatro jueces de la Primera Sala del Supremo votaron de forma unánime por la sentencia, cuya pena puede oscilar entre uno y cuatro años.
El magistrado Alexandre de Moraes, juez instructor del caso, ha afirmado que el propio Eduardo Bolsonaro admitió haberse trasladado a EEUU en 2025 con el objetivo de gestionar ante la Administración
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