Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he would pardon an allied federal congressman who was sentenced to nearly nine years in prison by the Supreme Court, a move likely to heighten tensions between the nation's executive and judiciary during an election year.
In a 10-1 ruling on Wednesday, Brazil's top court, known as the STF, established that Silveira had interfered with the "free exercise" of government and had threatened the nation's judicial authorities.
