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Brazil top court votes to convict Eduardo Bolsonaro for seeking US help in his father’s coup trial

By Thomson Reuters Jun 16, 2026 | 3:04 PM

BRASILIA, June 16 (Reuters) – The majority of ​Justices in ‌a panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court voted ‌on ​Tuesday ⁠to convict ⁠Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair ​Bolsonaro, of courting U.S. ⁠interference ⁠in his ​father’s coup plot ​trial last year.

Three ‌of the four Justices on the ⁠panel voted to convict Eduardo Bolsonaro. ⁠One ‌remaining Justice ⁠on the ​panel ‌is yet ​to ⁠vote.

(Reporting by Ricardo Brito in Brasilia, Editing by Iñigo ​Alexander)