Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro
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Friday’s measures against Bolsonaro were the clearest sign yet that Brazil has no intention of backing off his prosecution, despite White House pressure.
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro told Reuters on Friday he expects his son Eduardo Bolsonaro, a Brazilian congressman, to seek U.S. citizenship instead of returning from the United States.
Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro, the former president, to stay home most hours, defying President Trump’s demands that charges against him be dropped.
Bolsonaro is on trial before Brazil’s Supreme Court on charges of plotting a coup to stop President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office in January 2023
A prosecutor has asked Brazil's Supreme Court to find ex-president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of plotting a violent coup after a trial that saw President Trump try to intervene.
Trump called Brasília’s prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro for an alleged coup attempt a 'witch hunt.'