Overview
- A Federal Police medical review found a phrenic nerve block and inguinal hernia repair justified, and the defense must schedule the procedures.
- A new defense appeal seeking to annul the sentence was deemed inadmissible under STF rules after four of five justices voted to convict.
- The ruling cited alleged ankle monitor tampering with a soldering iron that led to Bolsonaro’s preventive arrest on November 22.
- Moraes pointed to international links that could facilitate flight, referencing an ex-aide allegedly living clandestinely in Miami, Bolsonaro’s prior stay at Hungary’s embassy, and a draft asylum request to Argentina.
- Bolsonaro is serving a roughly 27-year sentence for leading a plot to overturn the 2022 election, as Congress advances a sentencing bill that could shorten his term but faces a promised veto from President Lula.