Brazil’s Supreme Court has intensified its legal actions against former President Jair Bolsonaro, issuing search warrants and restraining orders. This development follows allegations that Bolsonaro sought interference from U.

President Trump’s defense of the former president of Brazil was the latest example of him invoking a term he has frequently used while describing himself as a victim.

Brazil’s chief prosecutor has called for a guilty verdict in the case of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial accused of leading an alleged coup plot to overturn the 2022 election in which he was defeated by a left-wing rival.

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's former president, faces restrictions including an ankle monitor and social media ban amid a coup attempt trial. Federal police searched his home and party headquarters, while Trump decried the treatment as unjust.

Police in Brazil swooped on the home and political headquarters of Jair Bolsonaro early Friday, searching the properties, ordering the former president to wear an electronic ankle tag, barring him from speaking to foreign officials or approaching embassies and prohibiting him from using social media.