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Brazil’s Supreme Court has sentenced former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup after his 2022 election loss, marking the country’s first conviction of an ex-leader for attacking democracy.

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00:00Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and 3 months in prison
00:07after being convicted of plotting a coup to stay in power following his 2022 electoral defeat.
00:14The court also convicted seven of his allies, including military officers,
00:19marking Brazil's first conviction of an ex-leader for attacking democracy.
00:24The case stems from the January 8, 2023 riots when Bolsonaro supporters stormed Congress,
00:32the Supreme Court and the presidential palace,
00:34just days after current President Luis Inacio Lula de Silva took office.
00:39Prosecutors said Bolsonaro helped spread false claims of fraud
00:43and pressured the military to overturn the result.
00:46Four of the five justices found him guilty of attempting to abolish democracy by force,
00:51participating in a criminal organization and damaging government property.
00:56Bolsonaro is currently under house arrest and barred from office until 2030.
01:01The ruling marks the first time in Brazil's modern history
01:04that a former president has been convicted for plotting against democratic institutions.
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