Judges ban Brazil’s Bolsonaro from seeking public office for 8 years
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been blocked from seeking public office for eight years, thereby removing him from the next presidential contest. Bolsonaro, 68, was blocked after a majority of judges on Brazil’s electoral court “voted” on Friday morning. The judges ruled that Bolsonaro violated the country’s election laws when, less than three months before last year’s vote, he …