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

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Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes attends a session during the trial of Brazilian former lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, accused of coercion in the course of legal proceedings related to his international actions targeting the case that led to the conviction of his father, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, at the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, June 16, 2026. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes attends a session during the trial of Brazilian former lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, accused of coercion in the course of legal proceedings related to his international actions targeting the case that led to the conviction of his father, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, at the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, June 16, 2026. REUTERS/Adriano Machado Adriano Machado Reuters

BRASILIA - 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)

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This story was originally published June 16, 2026 at 1:04 PM.

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