Brasília, Nov 28, 2025 (AFP) - Lawyers for Brazil's Bolsonaro ask court to annul coup conviction

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2025-11-29

Lawyers for ex-Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro filed a new appeal Friday requesting the annulment of his coup-plotting trial, which saw him sentenced to 27 years in prison. The defense is requesting "the annulment of the criminal process" and that Bolsonaro be acquitted, according to a document seen by AFP, three days after the Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to begin serving his prison term. The brash former army captain who fired up Brazil'......

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