Overview

• Investigators say a 33‑page draft dated February 10, 2024 on Jair Bolsonaro’s phone asked Argentine president Javier Milei for political asylum, and it remains unclear whether it was ever sent.
• A 170‑page Federal Police report cites recovered chats and voice recordings as evidence of efforts to impede the coup trial, leading to recommended obstruction charges against Bolsonaro, his son Eduardo, and allies Silas Malafaia and Paulo Figueiredo.
• Justice Alexandre de Moraes called the asylum draft evidence of flight risk and ordered Bolsonaro’s lawyers to respond within 48 hours.
• The report details Eduardo Bolsonaro’s lobbying in the United States for measures against Brazilian authorities, with U.S. actions including 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports and sanctions on Justice Moraes.
• Bolsonaro remains under house arrest, his phone was seized in early August over alleged violations, and the Supreme Federal Court set September 2–12 for verdict sessions in the 2022 election case.