Lawyers for Brazil's Bolsonaro ask court to annul coup conviction

BRASILIA, Brazil — Lawyers for Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro filed a new appeal Friday requesting the annulment of his coup-plotting conviction, which saw him sentenced to 27 years in prison. The defense is requesting “the annulment of the criminal process” and that Bolsonaro be acquitted, according to a document seen by AFP, three days after the Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to begin serving his prison term. Bolsonaro was tried and convicted by a five-member section of the Supreme Court by a vote of 4-1. Now his lawyers are appealing to the full 11-member court for it to throw out his […]...

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