Overview
- Federal police moved Jair Bolsonaro to the agency’s Brasília headquarters, placing him in a protected area for former officials.
- Justice Alexandre de Moraes referenced a nighttime vigil called by Bolsonaro’s son as a potential cover for escape, including a possible dash to nearby embassies.
- The Supreme Court released video showing Bolsonaro acknowledging he applied a hot tool to the device; he first called it curiosity, then attributed the act to medication-induced paranoia and hallucinations.
- Bolsonaro’s lawyers sought house arrest on health grounds, but the request was denied as moot following the preventive detention.
- Bolsonaro was sentenced in September to more than 27 years for attempting to overturn the 2022 election, though the verdict is under appeal and the detention is not the sentence’s execution.