Brazil Supreme Court Sentences Eduardo Bolsonaro, He Urges Trump to Reinstate Sanctions

The Supreme Federal Court (STF) unanimously convicted former federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of ex‑president Jair Bolsonaro, of coercing judges and coordinating U.S. sanctions against members of Brazil’s judiciary, including Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes. He was sentenced to four years and two months in a semi‑open regime, fined 100 minimum wages, barred from public office for eight years and lost his federal police clerk position.

One day after the ruling, Bolsonaro posted a video on X addressed to U.S. President Donald Trump, saying, "President Trump, please restore the Magnitsky law," and asked the president to reinstate sanctions against Moraes. He denied the court’s findings, alleging procedural flaws and characterising the case as political persecution.