The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said he was surprised and very unhappy that Brazilian former president Jair Bolsonaro It has been sentenced Thursday by a majority of the Supreme Court for planning a coup d’etat to stay in power after losing the 2022 elections.
Trump has already previously described the case against Bolsonaro of “witch hunt” and whipped Brazil with tariff increasessanctions against the President of the Court and the revocation of the visas of the majority of the members of the Brazilian High Court.
In addition to this, the Brazilian deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, He told Reuters on Thursday that he expects additional sanctions from the United States against Brazilian officials After his father’s conviction for planning a coup d’etat to remain in power after losing the 2022 elections.
“We are going to have a firm response with the United States government actions against this dictatorship that is being installed in Brazil,” He said in an interview.
The legislator warned that the magistrates of the Federal Supreme Court who voted in favor of condemning the former president could face sanctions under the Magnitsky lawwhich was applied before by the government of President Donald Trump against Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who supervises the case.
“If these Supreme Judges continue to follow Moraes, they also run the risk of facing the same sanction,” he said. Judges Flavio Dino, Cármen Lúcia and Cristiano Zanin aligned with Moraes in the trial, while Luiz Fux was the only dissident.
The Bolsonaro’s youngest moved to the United States this year in search of Trump’s support to stop the criminal process against his father. The merit of pushing the White House has been attributed to announce 50% tariffs on most Brazilian products.
Last month he met with the US Treasury Secretary, Scott Besent, as part of his pressure so that Brazilian officials involved in the trial against his father are imposed. Trump, who previously described the case against Bolsonaro as a “witch hunt,” said Thursday that he was surprised and very discontent for the conviction against his ally.
