STF sentences Eduardo Bolsonaro to prison for trying to disrupt Jair Bolsonaro's trial The First Panel of the Supreme Court sentenced former deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, from PL, to 4 years and 2 months in prison, in a semi-open regime. The decision was unanimous. The ministers considered that the former deputy tried to coerce the magistrates and articulated United States sanctions against Brazil to hinder the trial of Jair Bolsonaro for a coup d'état. The decision was unanimous: 4 votes to 0. Former deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro did not hire a lawyer, nor did he respond to the call for interrogation. Throughout the process, the defense was carried out by the Federal Public Defender's Office. 📱Bookmark g1 on Google and follow the main news of the day After reading Minister Alexandre de Moraes' report, the Deputy Attorney General of the Republic, Antônio Edílio Magalhães, called for Eduardo Bolsonaro's conviction for coercion on three main charges: arranging for STF ministers to have their visas suspended by the United States, defending the application of the Magnitsky Law against Alexandre de Moraes and supporting economic tariffs imposed by the American government against Brazilian products. The prosecutor presented messages, statements and interviews from the defendant that would prove Eduardo Bolsonaro's actions to try to prevent the trial of his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, for leading an attempted coup d'état. The PGR requested the conviction of the former deputy. "It seems to me that this is a relatively simple situation from the point of view of criminal prosecution. There is a criminal type that says that coercing the authority of the Judiciary in order to favor the third party is a crime, a crime of coercion in the course of the process, and there is a whole element, a whole factual context and a set of evidence showing that this coercion actually existed", says Antônio Edílio Magalhães, Deputy Attorney General of the Republic. Public defender Esdras dos Santos Carvalho asked for the case to be annulled. He said that Eduardo Bolsonaro was at a known address in the United States and should not be cited by notice. He asked for the defendant's acquittal, claiming that he had no power in the United States to coerce authorities in Brazil. "What was there, and obviously it was very clear in his videos, in his presentations, was this ease of dialogue and demonstrating his dissatisfaction with the policy then produced in Brazil. But this political dialogue in itself, in our opinion, does not constitute a serious threat. Because he did not have the power, the domain to impose sanctions. He did not have that power. And the serious threat here presupposes that the promised evil depends on the will and power of implementation by those who threaten, which is not the case concrete”, says public defender Esdras dos Santos Carvalho. Eduardo Bolsonaro is sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison for trying to disrupt his father's trial for a coup d'état National Newspaper/ Reproduction The rapporteur was the first to vote. Moraes rejected the defense's requests for nullity and stated that there was no irregularity in the defendant's summons by notice because his address was in Brazil. Alexandre de Moraes voted to convict Eduardo Bolsonaro, highlighting that he went to the United States with the intention of threatening and coercing Brazilian authorities and escaping punishment in Brazil: "It is not the role of a Brazilian federal deputy to lobby abroad against his own country. No relationship with parliamentary activity, but rather a focus on threats, intending that his father would not be convicted. Intending that the Federal Supreme Court would not analyze with impartiality, impartiality and courage, carry out the trial. And here it is also important to remember that the crime of coercion during the process is a formal crime that does not require the result." Minister Cristiano Zanin followed the rapporteur. Minister Cármen Lúcia then voted, forming a majority to condemn the attempt to intimidate the Judiciary. “The defendant, on numerous occasions that are duly shown in the records, expressed, proved and recorded in images, in speeches, that he was acting to prevent that trial, to put pressure so that that trial, especially criminal action 2668, did not take place on the eve and with the continuation of which there would be consequences, and serious consequences for the judges, in a succession of acts that prove a criminal trajectory of the defendant to coerce the judges”, says the STF minister Carmen Lúcia. The vote of the president of the First Panel, minister Flávio Dino, was unanimous to condemn Eduardo Bolsonaro. Eduardo Bolsonaro was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in semi-open prison; He will also be ineligible until 2038 and lose his position as clerk of the Federal Police. The defense can still appeal. Eduardo Bolsonaro released a note: he stated that he has a known address in the United States, which should have been notified by letter rogatory; said that due legal process was not followed and that, therefore, the sentence is null and void. He also stated that the objective of the trial would be to remove him from the elections. GloboPop: click to see videos from the Jornal Nacional stage READ ALSO PGR calls for conviction of Eduardo Bolsonaro for coercion in process regarding coup plot It is not a deputy's job to 'lobby' abroad against Brazil, says Moraes in trial over Eduardo Bolsonaro