Overview

• Judge Alexandre de Moraes directed police to station permanent teams at the address where Jair Bolsonaro is confined, adding to his house arrest and electronic monitoring imposed since August 4.
• Prosecutors formally requested full-time, real-time monitoring on Monday as the Supreme Court trial over an alleged coup plot approaches its final phase.
• Federal police say a seized phone showed contacts with co-defendants, the sharing of up to 300 supporter videos, and a 33-page draft asylum request addressed to Argentina’s president.
• The judge also cited lobbying activities carried out from the United States by Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo as reinforcing the concern that the former president could try to leave Brazil.
• Bolsonaro’s lawyers dispute that the asylum draft indicates intent to flee, while final deliberations are scheduled to begin September 2 with potential penalties reaching about 40 years.