Overview

• In a New York Times op-ed, Lula rejected claims of a witch hunt and said he was proud of Brazil’s Supreme Court for its ruling.
• Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years for leading a plot to block the 2022 transfer of power and for inciting the January 8, 2023 riots, and he remains under preventive home detention with a social media ban.
• The United States imposed 50% tariffs on many Brazilian exports and sanctioned several Supreme Court justices, and President Trump called the conviction “very surprising.”
• Bolsonaro briefly left home detention with court authorization for medical care, with eight skin lesions removed for biopsy, his physician said.
• His legal team announced appeals in Brazilian courts and to international bodies that the Supreme Court must review before any imprisonment, and they may seek to serve any sentence at home on health grounds.