Overview
- Brazil’s Supreme Court First Panel unanimously accepted a PGR complaint on Nov. 15, opening a criminal case against federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro.
- Relator Alexandre de Moraes wrote that there are indications Eduardo helped seek U.S. measures such as trade tariffs, visa cancellations and Magnitsky effects to create an environment of intimidation targeting the Court and Congress.
- Minister Cármen Lúcia cast the decisive recorded vote in the virtual session, aligning with the panel to make the congressman a defendant.
- On Nov. 16, Eduardo posted images from Bahrain showing a meeting with Sheikh Khaled bin Hamad Al‑Khalifa and separate photos in which he appears with firearms.
- Reports note he has resided in the United States since late February and this trip was his first time leaving the country since relocating, one day after the ruling.