Overview
- Judge Alexandre de Moraes gave Bolsonaro 24 hours to explain a video showing him wearing his electronic ankle monitor and denouncing the court or face immediate detention.
- The court’s sweeping injunction bars Bolsonaro from direct social-media posts and prohibits third parties from sharing interviews or videos featuring him.
- Bolsonaro preemptively canceled a planned live interview to avoid risking further breaches of his speech restrictions.
- He remains under house arrest measures with a nightly curfew and electronic monitoring as his coup-plot trial advances.
- The U.S. government revoked Moraes’ visa and threatened steep import tariffs in protest of Brazil’s judicial actions.