Former President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been convicted of plotting a coup to remain in office after losing the 2022 Brazilian election.
The majority of Brazilian Supreme Court justices voted on Thursday to convict Bolsonaro.
The decision in the landmark case became apparent when the third judge of the five-member panel determined that Bolsonaro was guilty of all five counts he faced.
Alexandre de Moraes, who was the first justice to cast a guilty vote on Tuesday, said the defendants “committed all the criminal offences imputed by the Attorney General’s Office."
Justices Flávio Dino and Cármen Lúcia also voted to convict, sealing Bolsonaro’s fate with a simple majority of three judges.
Once all five justices have voted, the panel will decide on Bolsonaro’s sentence, which could amount to decades in prison. The 70-year-old former president is currently under house arrest.
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