Brazil’s Supreme Court has convicted ex-President Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup by a 4-1 vote in a landmark case and sentenced him to 27 years in jail, drawing angry reaction from the US which pledged to respond to “this witch hunt”. Justice Carmen Lucia voted on Thursday to convict Bolsonaro on all five charges he faces, siding with justices Alexandre de Moraes and Flavio Dino. Justice Luiz Fux was the only one dissenting so far, voting to acquit the former president over violence after Bolsonaro’s defeat in October 2022 elections by leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
