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Good-mUonkey t1_j2a77o0 wrote

There is some silverlining though, the judge that put him in prision was a Bolsonaro ally, the UN and the supreme court of Brazil literally said it was an unfair trial.

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enzovrlrd t1_j2ahv9k wrote

That doesn't make any of his crimes less truthful. Besides that, the supreme court had many ministers appointed by himself and the intermediate superior court, composed of 3 judges, not only confirmed the first instance sentence but increased the number of years to be served. It's literally impossible to retract the political aspect of an ex-president, there are many bad things about both sides of the legal battle, but regardless, Lula's son has ascended from minimum wage to multi millionaire within a couple of years. To pretend he is a good citizen is naive and enabling

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