The majority on a Supreme Court panel in Brazil has voted to bring Eduardo Bolsonaro , the third child of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, to trial on charges of obstruction of justice.

On Friday, three of the five justices on the panel accepted an indictment against the younger Bolsonaro, which accused him of using threats to interfere with a court case against his father.

In September, Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced Jair Bolsonaro, who led Brazil from 2019 to 2023, to more than 27 years in prison for allegedly plotting to subvert his loss in the 2022 election by means of a coup.

Eduardo Bolsonaro has been among his father’s most prominent defenders throughout his myriad legal woes.

An elected official in the Chamber of Deputies, Eduardo travelled multiple times to the U

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