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Eduardo Bolsonaro

Arrest warrant outstandingConvictedIn the press ×5Coercion in the course of proceedingsDefamationDamages: MisogynyIncitement to crime (art. 286 of the Penal Code)

Son of Jair Bolsonaro, born on 10/07/1984 in Resende (RJ). Federal Police (PF) clerk (escrivão) between 2010 and 2015, according to the Chamber's official biography. Elected federal deputy for São Paulo in three legislatures (2015–2019 for PSC, 2019–2023 for PSL, 2023–2027 for PL). He took leave from his seat from 20/03/2025 and remained in the United States; he formally resumed it on 20/07/2025 and the Chamber's Governing Board declared the loss of his seat on 18/12/2025, for absences from one third of the deliberative sessions (art. 55, III and § 3, of the Constitution). On 18/09/2026 he was dismissed from his post as PF clerk for abandonment of post (ordinance of the Minister of Justice published in the Official Gazette of 21/09/2026). On 16/06/2026 he was convicted by the 1st Panel of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) of coercion in the course of proceedings (AP 2782) and sentenced to 4 years and 2 months of imprisonment in an initial semi-open regime; the conviction became final and unappealable on 03/10/2026, and the arrest warrant was issued on 08/10/2026, under the rapporteur's decision of 07/10/2026.

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Court cases and investigations

Criminal sphere

  • Criminal Case 2782 (coercion in the course of proceedings — Eduardo Bolsonaro) — Convicted (final, unappealable)

  • Inquiry 4995 (Eduardo Bolsonaro's activity in the US for sanctions against Brazilian authorities) — Defendant (charges accepted by the court)

  • Proceeding linked to Inq 5.026 (Supreme Federal Court, STF) — financing of the film Dark Horse — Other status (see record)

  • Petition 10.064 (Supreme Federal Court, STF) — preliminary inquiry by the Prosecutor-General's Office (PGR) into incitement to crime (art. 286) proposed by the Pandemic inquiry (CPI), converted into an investigation — Other status (see record)

  • Private criminal complaint by Tabata Amaral against Eduardo Bolsonaro for defamation (Supreme Federal Court, STF) — Convicted (appealable)

Parliamentary inquiry committees (CPIs)

  • Pandemic inquiry (CPI) (Federal Senate, 2021) — final report and indictment proposals — Other status (see record)

Civil, administrative and oversight sphere

  • PT Representation 22/2025 against Eduardo Bolsonaro at the Chamber's Ethics Council — Closed

  • Declaration of loss of Eduardo Bolsonaro's seat for absences (Board Act no. 229/2025) — Other status (see record)

  • Moral damages suit by Patrícia Campos Mello against Eduardo Bolsonaro (May 2020 livestream) — São Paulo Court of Justice, Superior Court of Justice (STJ) and Supreme Federal Court (STF) — Convicted (appealable)

    Misogyny · R$35,000

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