Brazil top-court panel unanimously rejects Bolsonaro's prison sentence appeal

8/11/2025 7:13

A majority of judges on a panel of Brazil's Supreme Court voted on Friday to reject former President Jair Bolsonaro's appeal challenging his 27-year prison

sentence for plotting a coup to remain in power after the 2022 presidential election.



Justices Flavio Dino, Alexandre de Moraes and Cristiano Zanin voted to reject the appeal filed by Bolsonaro's lawyers. The remaining panel member has until November 14 to cast a vote. The panel has five seats, but one has been open since late October.



Lawyers for Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and will only begin serving his sentence once all appeals are exhausted, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the panel majority.