Brazil’s supreme court has sentenced Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, to four years and two months in prison for attempting to secure US interference in his father’s coup plot trial. The court found him guilty of courting the Trump administration to impose sanctions on the justices and tariffs on Brazilian goods to aid his father’s case.
Eduardo Bolsonaro, a former lawmaker who moved to the United States in 2025, has been active in building support for his father, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The younger Bolsonaro claimed he was not properly notified about the court’s legal process.
In July last year, a supreme court judge froze Eduardo Bolsonaro’s bank accounts and assets over allegations that money from his father was funding lobbying efforts to avoid punishment. Jair Bolsonaro was temporarily placed under house arrest in March due to ill health, including pneumonia and complications from a 2018 knife attack.
