Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil and Ankle Monitor
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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.
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 will be required to wear an electronic ankle monitor after police carried out search warrants against him on Friday, local press reported.
Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to wear an ankle tag in a move he described as “a supreme humiliation”. The development came as federal police searched the former Brazilian president’s home and his party headquarters in Brasília, following a Supreme Court order.
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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.
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, his press office has confirmed.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called a U.S. decision to impose visa bans on officials involved in former President Jair Bolsonaro's trial "arbitrary" and "baseless," and said foreign interference in the judiciary was "unacceptable.