A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices has sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison after convicting him of attempting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat.

Bolsonaro is currently under house arrest in Brasilia. He can appeal the sentence.

Four of the five justices reviewing the case in the panel found the far-right politician guilty on five counts.

US President Donald Trump said hours later that he was suprised by the conviction. Speaking to reporters as he departed the White House, he said he always found Bolsonaro to be "outstanding."

The conviction, he added, is "very bad for Brazil."

Trump has previously called the case against Bolsonaro a "witch hunt" and slammed Brazil with tariff hikes, sanctions against the presiding judge, and t

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