Brazil orders arrest of Bolsonaro's brother amid election runoff
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Brazil's Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Eduardo Bolsonaro, brother of presidential hopeful Flávio Bolsonaro, for coercion in judicial proceedings.
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A Brazilian Supreme Court justice issued a warrant on Thursday for the arrest of Eduardo Bolsonaro. He is one of the brothers of presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro. Eduardo Bolsonaro was sentenced in June to four years in prison for lobbying the Trump administration.
The former congressman, who lives in the U.S., faces four years and two months in prison for coercion over efforts to interfere with his father’s coup trial.
Brazil's Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Eduardo Bolsonaro, brother of presidential hopeful Flávio Bolsonaro, for coercion in judicial proceedings.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, notorious for using his power to persecute and otherwise silence conservatives, issued an order on Thursday demanding that former Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro begin a four-year prison sentence on charges of discussing politics in the United State…
