Overview

• The Supreme Court ruled on August 4 that Bolsonaro violated a total ban on social media by using family-run accounts and ordered him confined to his Brasília home
• Under the new detention order his cellphone has been seized and visits are limited strictly to family members and his lawyers
• Judge Alexandre de Moraes said Bolsonaro’s indirect posts incited attacks on the judiciary and openly supported foreign interference in Brazil’s courts
• Federal police carried out a search of his residence in Brasília to enforce the house arrest directives
• President Trump condemned the proceedings as a “witch hunt” and signed an order imposing 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports while threatening sanctions on the presiding judge