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Legal experts estimate that Bolsonaro could be sentenced to up to 40 years in prison, though his actual jail time — if convicted — would be less than that due to procedural considerations.

Brazil’s top court ruled that the former president will be tried over his role in a vast plot to cling to power after his ...

A panel of Brazil Supreme Court justices unanimously ruled that former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven of his associates ...

A panel of Brazil Supreme Court justices has unanimously accepted charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro over an ...

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for allegedly conspiring to overthrow the government after he lost ...

The ruling by the country’s supreme court deals a blow to one of President Trump’s closest allies in Latin America.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has scored a legal win after the country’s prosecutor-general tossed a federal ...

Brazil Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet decided not to charge former President Jair Bolsonaro with fraud in his vaccination ...

Brazil’s top prosecutor argues Bolsonaro oversaw a criminal effort to remain in office despite his loss in the 2022 elections. A journalist attends the trial of Brazil's former President Jair ...

The opening of the case against Bolsonaro and his fascist co-conspirators, almost all members of the upper echelons of the ...