Brazil’s Supreme Court forms a majority to convict ex-President Bolsonaro of a coup

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasília on July 17. (Mateus Bonomi | AFP via Getty Images)RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazil’s Supreme Court has reached a majority vote to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro, with three of the five justices on the panel voting to find him guilty of a coup attempt and criminal conspiracy. Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro (R) greets supporters during a rally on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 29. A former army captain, Bolsonaro became Brazil’s first far-right president since the end of the military dictatorship in 1985. President Trump (left) speaks with then-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on March 7, 2020.