Overview
- Brazil’s Federal District public defender opened an initial procedure to review Jair Bolsonaro’s health care and detention conditions at the Federal Police headquarters in Brasília, stating no conclusions have been reached.
- The move follows requests from PL lawmakers after reports that Bolsonaro suffered a fall and hit his head inside the facility.
- Separately, 42 senators have now signed a request urging humanitarian house arrest, while allies in the Chamber report 145 deputies backing a similar appeal.
- Senator Wilder Morais formally submitted the house-arrest request to Minister Alexandre de Moraes on January 9, citing a grave and complex clinical picture and the need for continuous medical monitoring.
- Bolsonaro remains incarcerated in a sala de Estado-Maior serving a 27-year, 3-month sentence, as his son Flávio Bolsonaro alleged psychological torture and said the former president requires constant care.