Three more supreme court justices to cast their votes in coming days, with verdict expected by Thursday
Jair Bolsonaro led a criminal organisation that sought to plunge Brazil back into dictatorship with a murderous power grab involving special forces assassins and a vast disinformation campaign, the supreme court judge presiding over the former president’s trial has claimed as he voted for Bolsonaro’s conviction.
Alexandre de Moraes was the first supreme court justice of five to announce his decision on Tuesday, as the trial of Bolsonaro and seven alleged co-conspirators – including four senior members of the military and the former head of Brazil’s answer to MI6 – entered its final stretch.
“The defendant, Jair Bolsonaro, was leader of this criminal structure,” the judge told a courtroom in the capital, Brasília, during a five-hour speech detailing what he called Bolsonaro’s “authoritarian project”.
Brazil’s government is in better shape than the US government is.
Way better shape. The police actually arrested the traitors on the day they did the treason. What a novel fucking concept.
Bar low enough to trip over
Suck it, Yemen and Eritrea!
Most other governments are, at this point
Brazil showing its third world theocratic shithole neighbor up north how it’s done.
Don’t forget South Korea
One is pretty much guaranteed to vote in favour of Bolsonaro, but a majority to condemn him is pretty much set. It’s only a matter of time.
By Friday Brazilians will be drinking and partying.
what’s the available punishments? Death? Life in prison?
Neither are possible punishments in Brazil
The maximum appears to be a prison sentence of 43 years.
Being unfamiliar with Brazilian judicial procedures I’m curious why the judges release their verdict at different times. Is there a reason for that?
Wow, never thought this could be possible! Respect to the Brazilian Government for this. I hope the US will have similar trial for Jan. 6.
Me too! We won’t though.
Couldn’t happen to a better piece of shit
Lock ‘em up!
three brazialian is so many to count!! no wonder its taking a while
“Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed.”
George Bush: “OH NO!” the President exclaims. “That’s terrible!”
His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.
Finally, the President looks up and asks, “How many is a brazillion?”
