Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court unanimously rejects Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal, upholding an earlier ruling that barred the former president from running for any political office for eight years. The court had initially blocked Bolsonaro from the 2026 presidential election, citing “abuse of political power and misuse of the media” due to his unproven claims about electoral system fraud. In June 2022, Bolsonaro had alleged, without evidence, the need for “correction” in the electronic ballot box system with military involvement. Bolsonaro, who lost the 2022 election to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, called the initial ruling a “stab in the back,” and he faces multiple investigations at the Supreme Court.