Moraes Tightens Bolsonaro's Custody After Hospital Stay as Polls Favor Conviction

Overview

• In a new order, Alexandre de Moraes limited Bolsonaro’s escort to the Federal Police or the DF Prison Police and removed the GSI after raising concerns over delays and crowd exposure during Sunday’s hospital discharge.
• Bolsonaro was discharged Wednesday following overnight observation for vomiting, dizziness and low blood pressure, with tests indicating iron‑deficiency anemia and imaging showing residual aspiration pneumonia.
• Biopsies of eight skin lesions removed Sunday found two squamous cell carcinoma in situ that doctors consider cured by excision, with no immediate treatment indicated beyond monitoring.
• The defense asked Moraes to authorize visits by Senators Marcos Pontes and Esperidião Amin and Deputies Caroline de Toni and Osmar Terra, and to swap dates for already approved visits by Rodrigo Valadares and Sóstenes Cavalcante.
• New surveys show most Brazilians say there was a coup attempt and that Bolsonaro participated, and 52.3% agree with his conviction, while STF President Luís Roberto Barroso defended the evidence‑based judgment and criticized U.S. sanctions.