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CNN —Brazil’s highest electoral court formed a majority Friday to ban former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro from running for office until 2030 on charges alleging that he abused his political power and misused public resources. Four out of seven judges have voted to find the former president guilty. The case began with a lawsuit brought by Brazil’s Democratic Labor Party against both Bolsonaro and Walter Braga Netto, his running mate in the 2022 elections. The majority of judges voted to find Braga Netto not guilty. Speaking to Brazilian radio station Itatiaia on Friday, Bolsonaro said he planned on appealing the decision.
Persons: CNN —, Bolsonaro, Benedito Gonçalves, Walter Braga Netto, Braga Netto Organizations: CNN, YouTube, Brazil’s Democratic Labor Party Locations: Brazil
REUTERS/Adriano MachadoBRASILIA, June 30 (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's political career evaporated on Friday as a majority of federal electoral court (TSE) justices voted to bar him from public office until 2030 for his conduct during last year's fraught election. Bolsonaro denies any wrongdoing and has already said he plans to appeal to the Supreme Court. The TSE trial is part of a broader reckoning in Brazil with the fallout from the country's most painful election in a generation. While the former president faces electoral court scrutiny, many of his one-time allies are being questioned by lawmakers in a congressional probe into the Jan. 8 riots. Reporting by Ricardo Brito; Writing by Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Jair Bolsonaro, Adriano Machado BRASILIA, Jair, Bolsonaro, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Benedito Goncalves, Donald Trump, Ricardo Brito, Gabriel Araujo, Jonathan Oatis, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Brasilia International, Electoral Justice, REUTERS, Supreme, TSE, Thomson Locations: Brasilia, Brazil
BRASILIA, June 29 (Reuters) - Brazil's federal electoral court (TSE) on Thursday began a third day of hearings in a case against former president Jair Bolsonaro that could see him barred from political office for nearly a decade. On Tuesday, Benedito Goncalves, the lead justice in the case, had voted to convict him for abuse of political power and misuse of the media. Many in Brazil, including Bolsonaro, believe he is likely to be barred from office - a stunning turnaround for a figure who was until recently Brazil's most powerful man. "Everyone seems to say that it's likely I'm going to be barred from office," he told the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper in an interview. Bolsonaro, who was not in court and flew to Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, does not risk jail in the TSE case.
Persons: Jair Bolsonaro, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Justice Raul Araujo, Bolsonaro, Benedito Goncalves, Ricardo Brito, Steven Grattan, Gabriel Stargardter, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Brasilia, Folha, Paulo, Thomson Locations: BRASILIA, Brasilia, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
CNN —Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s trial on charges of abuse of political power and misuse of public media began in the country’s highest electoral court on Thursday in Brasilia. If found guilty, Bolsonaro could be ruled ineligible to run for public office for up to eight years. Such claims of flaws in the electoral system have all been denied by Brazil’s electoral authorities. The livestream of the 2022 meeting, which was once available through official channels, was taken down by YouTube for not complying with its fake news policy. Bolsonaro lost last year’s election by the narrowest margin in decades against current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Persons: Jair Bolsonaro’s, Bolsonaro, Benedito Gonçalves, , Judge Gonçalves, Walter Braga Netto, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Organizations: CNN, Former, CNN Brasil, Federal Police, YouTube, Brazil’s Democratic Labor Party Locations: Brasilia ., Brasilia
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