Overview

• PT leader Lindbergh Farias filed a request on Friday asking the Supreme Federal Court to jail Jair Bolsonaro preventively, citing breach of measures and risk of escape.
• Bolsonaro remains under court-ordered house arrest with an ankle monitor imposed in early August after he violated restrictions on using social media.
• Federal Police say a 170-page report on a seized phone includes a 33-page draft request for political asylum addressed to Argentina’s President Javier Milei, last modified in February 2024.
• Investigators also report communications with other defendants and up to 300 videos shared via WhatsApp despite court bans, while Bolsonaro’s lawyers deny any violations or intent to flee and seek to lift house arrest.
• The case heads toward a Supreme Court decision window from September 2 to 12, with prosecutors pursuing convictions that could carry sentences of up to about 40 years.