"Lula in jail is not only a threat to Lula, but to every single politician being investigated. Do the Lula haters escape four more years of Lula following the 8 he already had in the 2000s? Lula has one shot left, politically: his appeal to the Supreme Court. Supreme Court justice Carmen Lucia hinted that she is willing to uphold the decision of the appeals court. Going forward, Lula absolutely needs the Supreme Court to grant him an injunction to keep on the campaign trail and to escape immediate encarceration.

Source: Forbes January 26, 2018 20:37 UTC