Brazil: Bolsonaro supporter gets 17 years for role in riot

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Protesters attacked government buildings in an attempt to restore the far-right populist to office following his defeat by leftist candidate  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil's 2022 presidential election.

In delivering the Court's verdict, Justice Cristiano Zanin said, "The [rioters'] objective was to violently seize Brasilia and spread a criminal attack against the rule of law in the country."

Eight of the 11 judges presiding over the case found Pereira guilty on five counts: criminal association, staging a coup, violent attack on the rule of law, qualified damage, and destruction of public assets.

Though 51-year-old Pereira claimed he was innocent of any wrongdoing, surveillance cameras at the National Congress showed him wearing a shirt calling for military intervention as well as recording himself praising those who broke into the building alongside him.

Still, cellphone video captured him calling for citizens to take to the streets to overthrown Lula — who was president of Brazil between 2003-2010 and defeated Bolsonaro by the narrowest margin in modern Brazilian history.

Mendonca's comments drew a sharp rebuke from Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who retorted: "You come to the plenary of the Supreme Court that was destroyed and say there was a conspiracy of the government against itself.

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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Protesters attacked government buildings in an attempt to restore the far-right populist to office following his defeat by leftist candidate  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil's 2022 presidential election.
In delivering the Court's verdict, Justice Cristiano Zanin said, "The [rioters'] objective was to violently seize Brasilia and spread a criminal attack against the rule of law in the country."
Eight of the 11 judges presiding over the case found Pereira guilty on five counts: criminal association, staging a coup, violent attack on the rule of law, qualified damage, and destruction of public assets.
Though 51-year-old Pereira claimed he was innocent of any wrongdoing, surveillance cameras at the National Congress showed him wearing a shirt calling for military intervention as well as recording himself praising those who broke into the building alongside him.
Still, cellphone video captured him calling for citizens to take to the streets to overthrown Lula — who was president of Brazil between 2003-2010 and defeated Bolsonaro by the narrowest margin in modern Brazilian history.
Mendonca's comments drew a sharp rebuke from Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who retorted: "You come to the plenary of the Supreme Court that was destroyed and say there was a conspiracy of the government against itself.
The original article contains 513 words, the summary contains 201 words. Saved 61%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!