Brazil Court Partially Restores Bolsonaro’s Ex-Presidential Security During Detention

Overview

• The TRF-6 granted provisional relief that reinstates Jair Bolsonaro’s personal security team and some staff support, but keeps official vehicles and drivers suspended.
• The ruling, signed on December 18 and published on December 19 by Judge Mônica Sifuentes, is an anticipatory measure that the court will review after defense filings.
• Sifuentes wrote that abruptly ending all support risks irreparable harm to Bolsonaro’s routine, health and legal defense, noting his status as an elderly person with a history of health issues.
• A prior order from the 8th Federal Court in Belo Horizonte, triggered by a popular action from councilor Pedro Rousseff, had sought to suspend servers, vehicles, drivers and aides during the closed-regime sentence.
• Bolsonaro remains in Federal Police custody in Brasília, and case filings cite spending of about R$521,073 in the first half of 2025 and R$994,592 through November for his support.