Brazil’s Supreme Court Jailed a Former President. Now It Faces Its Own Reckoning

2026-02-03 - 10:55

Key Points Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted ex-President Bolsonaro to 27 years for the 2023 coup attempt—a verdict the left celebrates as justice and the right condemns as persecution. Now a R$41 billion ($7.5 billion) banking scandal implicates justices and government allies alike President Lula praised the court while largely ignoring allegations that justices and his