Bolsonaro's son used influence with Trump to undermine father's trial

Eduardo Bolsonaro's alleged lobbying to influence his father's Brazilian trial highlights an attempt to sway a domestic matter from abroad. Four Brazilian Supreme Court justices found him guilty of pressuring U.S. officials to sanction court judges and to impose tariffs on Brazilian goods in an effort to affect Jair Bolsonaro's case. The former president was jailed in September after a two-year investigation that concluded he plotted to stage a coup to stay in power after losing the 2022 election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Eduardo, 41, lives in the United States and maintains close ties to the Trump administration, making a prison sentence unlikely to be served in Brazil. The court also underscored that it is improper for a Brazilian federal deputy to lobby abroad against their country.