Overview

• Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled that Bolsonaro violated pretrial measures by using third-party social media accounts to mobilize supporters over the weekend.
• The house arrest order confines him to his Brasília residence with strict visitor limits and mandates seizure of all mobile phones.
• Bolsonaro is on trial before a five-judge Supreme Federal Court panel for allegedly plotting to overturn the 2022 election and faces up to 12 years if convicted.
• Tens of thousands of his supporters demonstrated in over 60 Brazilian cities on August 3, demanding amnesty for January 2023 rioters and criticizing Lula and Moraes.
• The case has fueled tensions with the U.S. administration, which last week imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods and sanctioned Moraes under the Magnitsky Act.