Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was found guilty of attempting a coup after his 2022 election loss on Thursday.

A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices found that Bolsonaro took steps to stay in office after losing to left-wing candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Four of the five justices found Bolsonaro guilty on five counts, including attempting to stage a coup, being part of an armed criminal organization and attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law.

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Bolsonaro’s attorneys say they will appeal the verdict to a full panel of all 11 justices on Brazil’s high court, per the Associated Press. If the verdict stands, the 70-year-old Bolsonaro could face decades in prison.

Justice Carmen Lucia said that Bolsonaro was an “instigator” and that he took “

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