Brazil issues arrest warrant for Eduardo Bolsonaro
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Thursday (Oct. 8) ordered an arrest warrant for former federal representative Eduardo Bolsonaro , who is currently in the United States. The measure followed Moraes’s order to enforce Eduardo Bolsonaro’s four-year-and-two-month prison sentence for coercion during legal proceedings. The sentence was handed down in a case involving the Trump…
Brazil's Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant for Eduardo Bolsonaro, a former federal representative, on Thursday. The warrant comes after the court upheld Bolsonaro's four-year-and-two-month prison sentence for coercing legal proceedings related to the Trump administration's tariff hikes on Brazilian exports. The court also revoked Bolsonaro's passports.
Eduardo Bolsonaro, an ally of former US President Donald Trump, is currently residing in the United States. Given his location, it is highly unlikely that he will serve his sentence while abroad. The court's ruling, however, is final and binding, which means no further appeals can be filed.
In June, the Supreme Court's First Panel rejected an appeal by the Federal Public Defender's Office seeking to overturn Bolsonaro's conviction. The former lawmaker was represented by the agency, and he did not hire a private defense attorney. The court found sufficient evidence that Bolsonaro orchestrated the US tariff hike on Brazilian exports to prevent his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, from being convicted in a coup plot case.
In September, Brazil's Ministry of Justice and Public Security dismissed Bolsonaro from his position as a Federal Police clerk for abandoning his post for over 30 consecutive days. The dismissal was the result of an administrative disciplinary proceeding that found Bolsonaro was absent without justification from his Federal Police position.
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