Overview

• The Supreme Federal Court ordered Bolsonaro to wear an electronic ankle monitor and observe nightly house arrest while banning him from social media under charges of plotting a 2022 coup.
• With closing arguments underway, prosecutors are seeking sentences of up to 43 years for Bolsonaro and co-defendants accused of forming a criminal armed association.
• President Trump labeled the trial a “witch hunt” on Truth Social and threatened 50 percent tariffs on Brazilian imports starting August 1.
• President Lula rejected the tariff threat as “unacceptable extortion” and emphasized that Brazil answers only to its own people.
• US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the revocation of visas for STF Justice Alexandre de Moraes and allied judges in retaliation for the ankle monitor order.