Tag: Benedito Goncalves

• Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

  Brazil: Bolsonaro 1-0 down at TSE trial

  

  Case rapporteur Benedito Gonçalves Tuesday voted in favor of convicting former President Jair Bolsonaro in the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) trial for abuse of political power and undue use of the media, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 11:15 UTC

  Bolsonaro faces disenfranchisement following new TSE ruling

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro might be disenfranchised in the investigation Brazil's Superior Electoral Court Justice Benedito Gonçalves, acting as case rapporteur, greenlighted Thursday.

• Friday, January 20th 2023 - 10:01 UTC

  Brazil: TSE agrees to yet another investigation targetting Bolsonaro

  

  Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Benedito Gonçalves acquiesced Thursday to a request from President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's Workers' Party (PT) to open an investigation against former President Jair Bolsonaro for his abuse of power in the 2022 elections.

• Tuesday, January 17th 2023 - 19:25 UTC

  Bolsonaro given 3 days to explain draft found at Torres' home

  

  Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Benedito Gonçalves Monday gave former President Jair Bolsonaro three days to explain the scope of the documents found among the belongings of then-Justice Minister Anderson Torres.

• Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Bolsonaro not allowed to use Independence Day celebrations for political gain

  

  Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Benedito Goncalves partially granted a petition from former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva requesting incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro be banned from using images of the September 7 celebrations for his own political campaign ahead of next month's elections.