Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday found former President Jair Bolsonaro guilty of conspiracies related to his failed 2022 reelection bid. The court found that Bolsonaro tried to instigate a military coup and to poison his opponent, current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. As a consequence, the president governed in constant fear of impeachment — a fate that had ended the careers of two prior Brazilian presidents since the country’s return to democracy in 1998. Trump views Bolsonaro as an ally who, like him, has been persecuted by leftists and subjected to retribution by courts. In August, Trump sent a letter to Lula, Bolsonaro’s nemesis.