Judge threatens Bolsonaro with arrest
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A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has threatened former president Jair Bolsonaro with imprisonment, arguing that the sharing of a speech of his by online users was a “violation” of a social media ban.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will be required to wear an electronic ankle monitor after police carried out search warrants against him on Friday, local press reported.
Bolsonaro is prohibited from contacting foreign ambassadors and diplomats amid local media reports that police executed search warrants at his home and political HQ.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was ordered by his country's supreme court to wear an ankle monitor. He has been lobbying Donald Trump for help.
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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.
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President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Thursday evening calling for an immediate end to what he called "unjust" political attacks against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
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Daily Express US on MSNJair Bolsonaro detained 'preparing to flee Brazil' as Donald Trump ragesFormer Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was detained after investigators feared he was preparing to flee Brazil ahead of an imminent trial against him, according to local reports.
Brazil's Supreme Court has restricted former President Jair Bolsonaro's communications on social media and potentially through interviews, amid allegations of plotting a coup with U.S. President Trump.