Overview
- Carlos Bolsonaro posted a 33-second clip on X showing his father asleep on a sofa with glasses, headphones and a lit tablet, with audible hiccups heard at least four times.
- He said the recording was made before the arrest and attributed the symptoms to complications from the 2018 stabbing, warning his father needs round-the-clock care.
- Bolsonaro’s defense this week asked to remove him from the Federal Police superintendence in Brasília for two surgeries and to shift his sentence to house arrest.
- STF minister Alexandre de Moraes directed the Federal Police to conduct a medical examination to verify the need for surgery, with the legal request still pending.
- The video comes a day after Carlos resigned his Rio city council seat and announced a move to Santa Catarina to pursue a Senate bid.