Overview
- After an overnight fall in the Federal Police facility on Jan. 6, Jair Bolsonaro underwent CT, MRI and EEG at Brasília’s DF Star on Jan. 7 and was diagnosed with a mild cranial trauma before returning to custody.
- Supreme Court minister Alexandre de Moraes denied an immediate transfer request on Tuesday, then authorized the hospital exams Wednesday upon receiving medical reports.
- The Federal Council of Medicine said Bolsonaro’s complex medical history requires continuous, multidisciplinary monitoring and assigned the DF regional council to conduct the inquiry while reaffirming the attending physician’s autonomy.
- Hospital physician Brasil Ramos Caiado reported soft‑tissue injuries in the right temporal and frontal regions and noted concern about possible medication interactions contributing to disorientation.
- Allies escalated bids for humanitarian house arrest, with 22 senators led by Wilder Morais and deputy Ubiratan Sanderson submitting petitions to the Supreme Court that cite health risks in custody.