Supreme Court will rule on ex-president’s fate in case dividing nation that could result in lengthy prison term.

A Brazil Supreme Court justice ordered the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot and a Trump ally.

Brazil's Supreme Court will begin deciding on September 2 whether former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is guilty of plotting a coup and whether he should be imprisoned, the court said Friday. The Supreme Court statement said the ruling would be considered "during extraordinary sessions on September 2,

Brazil's Supreme Court sets September 2 for former President Jair Bolsonaro's coup trial, raising international tensions and political scrutiny.

Washington used a U.S. law to sanction Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is presiding over the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro's alleged coup plot.

SAO PAULO — Lawyers for Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro denied coup charges against him during their final defense in a Supreme Court trial over his alleged attempt to stay in power after losing the 2022 election to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro briefly left house arrest on Saturday to undergo medical tests in Brasilia, weeks before the Supreme Court rules on whether he plotted a coup to stay in power after his 2022 election defeat.

A five-judge panel of Brazil's Supreme Court will kick off on September 2 the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro, accused of plotting a coup after his electoral defeat, a court document showed on Friday.

Brazil's Supreme Court has announced that it will deliver a verdict and sentence in the coup trial against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro early next month