Rallies held in Brazil in support of embattled Bolsonaro facing legal peril

The ex-president, accused of seeking to overturn the 2022 predetermination that helium lost, has been backed by US President Donald Trump.

Supporters of erstwhile far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro person rallied crossed the main cities of the state against the Supreme Court coup proceedings that could onshore the ex-leader successful situation for years.

Protesters successful Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro and different cities connected Sunday carried Brazilian and the United States flags, successful an evident notation to United States President Donald Trump’s enactment for a staunch ally.

They besides held banners with Bolsonaro’s and Trump’s pictures connected them arsenic they shouted slogans.

Bolsonaro is accused of seeking to overturn the 2022 predetermination won by his left-wing opponent, existent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Bolsonaro supporters stormed Brazil’s legislature successful January 2023, ransacking the chambers and attacking police, successful convulsive scenes that evoked Trump supporters’ onslaught connected the US Capitol 2 years before.

A Brazilian wide has fixed grounds that the alleged plotters besides wanted to assassinate leftist Lula and respective different nationalist officials.

The prosecution told the tribunal that erstwhile service serviceman Bolsonaro and 7 others were blameworthy of participating successful “armed transgression association” and had sought to “violently overthrow the antiauthoritarian order”.

A coup condemnation carries a condemnation of up to 12 years. A condemnation connected that and different charges could bring decades down bars for Bolsonaro.

The former president has repeatedly denied the allegations and asserted that helium is the people of governmental persecution.

‘A witch hunt’

Bolsonaro says helium is the unfortunate of governmental persecution, echoing Trump’s defence erstwhile the US president faced transgression charges earlier his White House return.

Al Jazeera’s Monica Yanakiew, reporting from Sao Paolo, said that protesters were thanking Trump for his support.

“There are a batch of American flags present and radical are saying ‘Thank you Trump’,” she said.

“They are thanking President Trump for sanctioning Brazil,” Yanakiew added.

Trump has slammed the proceedings a “witch hunt” and his Treasury Department has sanctioned Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes successful response.

Brazil has powerfully criticised the US determination to enforce sanctions connected de Moraes.

Trump has openly admitted helium is punishing Brazil for prosecuting his governmental state Bolsonaro. He besides signed an enforcement bid slapping 50 percent tariffs connected Brazilian imports, citing Bolsonaro’s “politically motivated persecution.”

Protesters gathered connected the streets of Brazil connected Friday to denounce Trump for the steep tariffs helium imposed connected the country’s exports. The demonstrations erupted successful cities similar Sao Paulo and Brasilia, arsenic residents voiced their choler connected the archetypal time of Trump’s latest tariff campaign.

Brazil is slated to see some of the highest US tariffs successful the world. The tariff is owed to participate into unit connected August 6.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies