Brazil’s Former President Convicted of Coup Attempt | PBS News Hour

Former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to over 27 years in prison after he was found guilty of attempting to use military force to overturn an election and plotting to assassinate the current president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Brian Winter of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas joins News Hour journalist Nick Schifrin to discuss the ruling and the Trump administration’s response.

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