Brazils Search for Accountability After Jan. 8
Last month, Brazil\u2019s highest electoral court found that former President Jair Bolsonaro had abused his political power in the 2022 elections because of his conduct in a meeting with foreign ambassadors in Bras\xedlia in July 2022. For this violation of the country\u2019s election laws, the electoral court banned Bolsonaro from seeking public office until 2030.
Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien sat down with Emilio Peluso Neder Meyer, Professor of Constitutional Law at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and Thomas Bustamante, Professor of Legal Theory at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, to discuss Brazil\u2019s search for accountability and justice in the aftermath of the coup attempt on Jan. 8, why the electoral court\u2019s ruling was not so much a legal innovation as a mere application of existing laws, and the significance of President Lula\u2019s decision not to rely on the military in his government\u2019s response. They also discussed what\u2019s next for Bolsonarismo.
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