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Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro ordered to wear an electronic ankle monitor
Brazil is NOT going to cave to trump's tariff threat.
Bolsonaro, on trial and accused of leading an alleged attempt to stage a coup to overturn the 2022 election he lost, described wearing the ankle monitor as an "extreme humiliation."
Link to tweet
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/bolsonaro-ankle-bracelet-trial-brazil-rcna219639
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, authorities said on Friday, in a move he described as "a supreme humiliation.".....
Bolsonaro is currently on trial at the Supreme Court accused of leading an alleged attempt to stage a coup to overturn the 2022 election in which he was defeated by left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
"It is a supreme humiliation," Bolsonaro told journalists in Brasilia after putting on the ankle monitoring. "I never thought about leaving Brazil, I never thought about going to an embassy, but the precautionary measures are because of that."
On Thursday, Trump wrote to Bolsonaro describing his ally's treatment by the Brazilian legal system as terrible and unjust. "This trial should end immediately!," the U.S. President said, adding that he "strongly voiced" his disapproval through his tariff policy......
Last week, Trump imposed a 50% import tax on Brazil, directly tying the tariffs to Bolsonaro's trial. The U.S. president has hosted the former Brazilian president at his Mar-a-Lago resort when both were in power in 2020. Trump compared the Brazilian's situation to his own. On Tuesday, speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump repeated the claim that the trial is a "witch hunt."
A source at Brazil's Supreme Court said some justices have already made it clear among themselves that U.S. tariffs will have no effect on Bolsonaro's trial, which is expected to resume between August and September. The staffer spoke under condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
Bolsonaro is currently on trial at the Supreme Court accused of leading an alleged attempt to stage a coup to overturn the 2022 election in which he was defeated by left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
"It is a supreme humiliation," Bolsonaro told journalists in Brasilia after putting on the ankle monitoring. "I never thought about leaving Brazil, I never thought about going to an embassy, but the precautionary measures are because of that."
On Thursday, Trump wrote to Bolsonaro describing his ally's treatment by the Brazilian legal system as terrible and unjust. "This trial should end immediately!," the U.S. President said, adding that he "strongly voiced" his disapproval through his tariff policy......
Last week, Trump imposed a 50% import tax on Brazil, directly tying the tariffs to Bolsonaro's trial. The U.S. president has hosted the former Brazilian president at his Mar-a-Lago resort when both were in power in 2020. Trump compared the Brazilian's situation to his own. On Tuesday, speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump repeated the claim that the trial is a "witch hunt."
A source at Brazil's Supreme Court said some justices have already made it clear among themselves that U.S. tariffs will have no effect on Bolsonaro's trial, which is expected to resume between August and September. The staffer spoke under condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.