Bolsonaro eyes 2026 candidacy for his wife as his political future evaporates

FILE PHOTO: Michelle Bolsonaro speaks, as she and her husband, Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro attend a Partido Liberal Mulher event at the Legislative Assembly of the state of Sao Paulo, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 6, 2023. REUTERS/Carla Carniel/File Photo

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro's hopes of reclaiming the presidency in 2026 may be all but dead. Yet that doesn't mean there won't be a Bolsonaro running in three years' time.

A majority of Brazil's federal electoral court (TSE) justices on Friday froze Bolsonaro's political career, barring the far-right nationalist from public office until 2030 for spreading baseless claims about the country's voting system in last year's election.