The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered that police raid former President Jair Bolsonaro&#8217;s home and place an ankle monitor on him on Friday, escalating its targeting of the conservative leader as President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rips-brazil-over-censorship-bolsonaro-witch-hunt-then-says-country-will-face-50-tariff?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Rips+Brazil+Over+Censorship%2C+Bolsonaro+%E2%80%98Witch+Hunt%E2%80%99+%E2%80%94+Then+Says+Country+Will+Face+50%25+Tariff">defends</a> him.
After the Brazilian Supreme Court issued search warrants and restraining orders on Bolsonaro, federal police raided his home, and the former president was banned from contacting foreign officials, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-court-orders-raids-restraints-bolsonaro-trump-collusion-2025-07-18/">reported</a>. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes cited a &#8220;concrete possibility&#8221; of Bolsonaro fleeing the country when he issued the order.
Brazil&#8217;s increased pressure on Bolsonaro comes shortly after President Trump defended his political ally and blasted the Brazilian Supreme Court for its &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; targeting Bolsonaro. Trump also imposed a 50% tariff on Brazil last week, citing the country&#8217;s &#8220;insidious attacks on Free Elections, and the fundamental Free Speech Rights of Americans.&#8221;
&#8220;The way that Brazil has treated former President Bolsonaro, a Highly Respected Leader throughout the World during his Term, including by the United States, is an international disgrace,&#8221; Trump said in a letter to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. &#8220;This trial should not be taking place. It is a Witch Hunt that should end IMMEDIATELY!”
Moraes specifically called out Trump&#8217;s tariff on Brazil in his Friday order, arguing that it is intended to create an economic crisis in Brazil and interfere with the country&#8217;s judicial system.
On Thursday, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114870788445875372">posted</a> a letter on Truth Social that he sent to Bolsonaro, which read in part, &#8220;I have seen the terrible treatment you are receiving at the hands of an unjust system turned against you. This trial should end immediately! I am not surprised to see you leading in the polls; you were a highly respected and strong leader who served your country well.&#8221;
Bolsonaro told Reuters that he believes the Supreme Court&#8217;s move on Friday is in response to Trump&#8217;s recent comments. The former Brazilian president called Moraes a &#8220;dictator&#8221; and denied that he had any plans to flee the country.
&#8220;I feel supreme humiliation,&#8221; he added when asked about the ankle monitor. &#8220;I am 70 years old, I was president of the republic for four years.&#8221;
Bolsonaro is being tried over charges that he took part in an alleged coup against President Lula after his 2022 election loss. He has denied the allegations and argued that the charges against him are politically motivated. He has also maintained the <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2024/09/23/brazilians-views-of-lula-and-bolsonaro/">support</a> of millions of Brazilians as he faces the indictment brought against him by Lula’s leftist government.

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Brazil Raids Bolsonaro’s Home, Orders Him To Wear Ankle Monitor After Trump Blasts Leftist Country

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President Donald Trump took a sledgehammer to Brazil on Wednesday, calling out the leftist government for its censorship of U.S. social media and its &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; targeting former conservative president Jair Bolsonaro.
In a <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1943043154946457812">letter</a> to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — one of the many letters Trump has sent to countries around the world this week — the U.S. president deviated from his typical message announcing tariff rates to blast &#8220;Brazil&#8217;s insidious attacks on Free Elections, and the fundamental Free Speech Rights of Americans.&#8221;
&#8220;Dear Mr. President,&#8221; Trump began the letter. &#8220;I knew and dealt with former President Jair Bolsonaro, and respected him greatly, as did most other Leaders of Countries. The way that Brazil has treated former President Bolsonaro, a Highly Respected Leader throughout the World during his Term, including by the United States, is an international disgrace. This trial should not be taking place. It is a Witch Hunt that should end IMMEDIATELY!&#8221;
Last year, Bolsonaro was <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/21/americas/brazilian-ex-president-jair-bolsonaro-indicted-over-attempted-coup-plot/index.html">charged</a> alongside 36 other people for taking part in an alleged coup to overthrow the government after he lost the 2022 election to Lula. Brazilian prosecutors claim the plot included plans to commit political assassinations, but Bolsonaro has denied the allegations and argued that the charges against him are politically motivated. Bolsonaro has maintained the <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2024/09/23/brazilians-views-of-lula-and-bolsonaro/">support</a> of millions of Brazilians as he faces the indictment brought against him by Lula&#8217;s leftist government.
Trump has also defended Bolsonaro on numerous occasions, saying earlier this week that he will &#8220;be watching the WITCH HUNT of Jair Bolsonaro, his family, and thousands of his supporters, very closely.&#8221;
&#8220;The only Trial that should be happening is a Trial by the Voters of Brazil — It’s called an Election. LEAVE BOLSONARO ALONE!” he <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114812490799920916">added</a>.
In his letter to Lula on Wednesday, Trump also slammed the government for going after American social media companies. Last year, the Brazilian Supreme Court upheld a nationwide <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazilian-judge-orders-suspension-of-x-social-media-platform-responds">ban</a> on Elon Musk&#8217;s social media platform, X. The country&#8217;s Supreme Court took further action on the issue last month, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/4a5235c5-acd0-4e81-9d44-2362a25c8eb3">ruling</a> that social media platforms can be held liable for their users&#8217; posts.
Trump wrote in the letter, &#8220;Due in part to Brazil&#8217;s insidious attacks on Free Elections, and the fundamental Free Speech Rights of Americans (as lately illustrated by the Brazilian Supreme Court, which has issued hundreds of SECRET AND UNLAWFUL Censorship Orders to U.S. Social Media platforms, threatening them with Millions of Dollars in Fines and Eviction from the Brazilian Social Media market), starting on August 1, 2025, we will charge Brazil a Tariff of 50% on any and all Brazilian products sent into the United States, seperate from all Sectoral Tariffs.&#8221;
Trump has sent numerous letters to countries around the world this week, informing them of the tariffs they will pay come August 1. The 50% tariff rate on Brazil is the highest one that Trump has unveiled this week, a rate that Trump said &#8220;is necessary &#8230; to rectify the grave injustices of the current regime.&#8221;

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Trump Rips Brazil Over Censorship, Bolsonaro ‘Witch Hunt’ — Then Says Country Will Face 50% Tariff

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Brazil’s former president, conservative Jair Bolsonaro, a target of the new leftist administration, has <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/brazil-police-indict-ex-president-212117509.html">reportedly</a> been indicted on Thursday by the Federal Police over last year&#8217;s accusations that he imported jewelry worth $3 million and sold two luxury watches without paying taxes.
The police report is expected to be transmitted to the country’s Supreme Court, which would prompt Brazil’s prosecutor-general, Paulo Gonet, to decide whether to put Bolsonaro on trial.
“The persecution of Bolsonaro is declared and shameless!” said Flávio Bolsonaro, Bolsonaro’s son and a sitting senator, on social media. “Someone receives a gift, a committee of public servants decides that it is yours. The TCU questions and the gift is returned to the Union. There is no damage to the treasury! Then the group of PFs, handpicked for the mission, indicts the person.”
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A perseguição a Bolsonaro é declarada e descarada! Alguém ganha um presente, uma comissão de servidores públicos decide que ele é seu. O TCU questiona e o presente é devolvido à União. Não há dano ao erário! Aí o grupo de PFs, escalados a dedo pra missão, indicia a pessoa.
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“Police said in August that Bolsonaro received cash from the nearly $70,000 sale of two luxury watches he received as gifts from Saudi Arabia,” the Associated Press reported. “Brazil requires its citizens arriving by plane from abroad to declare goods worth more than $1,000 and, for any amount above that exemption, pay a tax equal to 50% of their value.”
Police also reportedly indicted Bolsonaro’s former aide, Mauro Cid, and two of his lawyers, Frederick Wassef and Fábio Wajngarten.  Wassef blasted that the indictment had been made public, contending that the investigation was supposed to proceed under seal. “I am going through all of this solely for practicing law in defense of Jair Bolsonaro,” he asserted.
Wajngarten issued a lengthy statement on X, writing in part:
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In the entire investigation there is no evidence against me. To be specific: I was indicted for the bizarre reason that I had complied with the Law! &#8230; My legal advice was that the gifts received by the former President of the Republic should be immediately returned to the Court of Auditors of the Union, in defense of any doubts regarding questions regarding the public interest. And legal advice is not a crime. &#8230; Trying to incriminate me is absurd and reveals the fragility of the accusations systematically made by the Federal Police over the last 18 months. The PF knows that I did nothing about what it found, but it still wants to punish me because I am a permanent and uncompromising defense of former president Bolsonaro. If the intention is to intimidate me, they won&#8217;t succeed. Seeing the triumph of the Police State by those who said they were victims of it, used against political opponents, is certainly a dark chapter in our Democracy and will be duly corrected, in due time, by our institutions.
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O meu indiciamento pela Polícia Federal se baseia na seguinte afronta legal: advogado, fui indiciado porque no exercício de minhas prerrogativas, defendi um cliente, sendo que em toda a investigação não há qualquer prova contra mim. Sendo específico: fui indiciado pela razão…
&mdash; Fabio Wajngarten (@fabiowoficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/fabiowoficial/status/1808975213004272075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In February, hundreds of thousands of Brazilians rallied to support Bolsonaro, who flew an Israeli flag in defiance of anti-Semitic remarks made by Brazil’s president, socialist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who had said, “What’s happening in the Gaza Strip isn’t a war, it’s a genocide. It’s not a war of soldiers against soldiers. It’s a war between a highly prepared army and women and children. What’s happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people hasn’t happened at any other moment in history. Actually, it has happened: when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.”
Da Silva was <a href="//645B7F52-BE63-4299-B35C-54264D22B33D/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sentenced</a> to 12 years in jail for corruption in 2017. In 2019, Brazil’s Supreme Court annulled Da Silva’s conviction, ruling that the judge who issued it had no jurisdiction over the former president’s case because he was located in a different state from where Da Silva lived.
Bolsonaro and Argentinian President Javier Milei, who also is a staunch supporter of Israel, are due to meet this weekend in Brazil.
Ryan Saavedra contributed to this article.
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Brazil’s Conservative Bolsonaro Reportedly Targeted With Indictment

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A prominent Brazilian conservative who was a senior aide to former president Jair Bolsonaro has been imprisoned without trial in the South American country for four months, justified by what appears to have been an error on a U.S. government website.
Lawyers for Filipe Martins, who considers himself a political prisoner of the left-wing Brazilian Supreme Court (STF), say the court is using the error on the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) website as proof to imprison him. Martins was arrested on February 8 at the order of STF Minister Alexandre de Moraes, who is using records showing travel to the United States — and the lack of corresponding Brazilian immigration records — as evidence that Martins defrauded the immigration system by leaving the country undetected.
According to the incorrect CBP travel history records used to keep Martins imprisoned obtained by The Daily Wire, there was a log of Filipe entering the United States with inconsistencies. But representatives of Martins, who served as the special adviser for international affairs to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/7-things-you-need-know-about-trump-brazil-who-kassy-dillon">Bolsonaro</a>, say he never left his country on the day being alleged. There is evidence showing he made Uber and food purchases in Brazil, and also that he took a domestic flight. 
The prolonged imprisonment comes as the STF faces widespread criticism for overstepping its authority to punish opponents. He has not yet been given a trial and remains imprisoned on the grounds that there is a risk he would flee the country, despite the correction. His lawyers say the government is holding him for political reasons.
“It has been widely known that de Moraes has been fearing the growth of conservatives,”  Martins’ attorney, Ana Barbara Schaffert, told The Daily Wire. “This extended, unfounded imprisonment indicates that they are trying to torture him into confessing to anything that fits their narrative, because there is nothing legally that can detain him in jail.”
A correction was made to the CBP I-94 website last week after Martins&#8217; defense team submitted additional documentation to officials to prove Martins did not travel to the United States on December 30, 2022, on a presidential flight with Bolsonaro before the inauguration of the next president, as is alleged. New I-94 records show that Martins&#8217; last entry to the U.S. was in September 2022, when he accompanied Bolsonaro to the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
<div id="attachment_751681" style="width: 690px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-751681" class="size-full wp-image-751681" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-17-at-9.34.15%E2%80%AFAM.png" alt="" width="680" height="450" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-17-at-9.34.15%E2%80%AFAM.png 680w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-17-at-9.34.15%E2%80%AFAM-300x199.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" />An incorrect travel history was used by the Brazilian Supreme Court to show that Filipe Martins traveled to the U.S. on December 30, 2022. Martins&#8217; lawyers and an updated document from CBP dispute he ever left the country on that date.</div>
In a determination letter to Martins&#8217; lawyers, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security stated it conducted a review of the situation and “made any corrections to records that our inquiries determined were necessary.”
The lawyers say the update should lead to Filipe&#8217;s release.
“We finally have an official document that can be used as a legal basis that Martins never entered the United States on December 30, 2022,” Schaffert said. “We hope de Moraes takes this into account and releases Filipe immediately.”
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Martins’ legal defense filed a petition for his release and is awaiting an official response.
De Moraes also used as evidence an outdated Microsoft Word file with a list of passengers for the December 30 presidential flight that had been updated numerous times, as well as a blog post speculating he “evaporated” from Brazil, according to Schaffert. 
“It was merely a draft of a supposed list, which would never be used as evidence for an arrest in any normal process,” Schaffert said.
Martins was a popular powerhouse in the Bolsonaro administration due to his youth, large social media following, and conservative and pro-American ideology. He was nicknamed the “Jared Kushner” of the Bolsonaro administration while in his previous diplomatic position, which led to a <a href="https://x.com/filgmartin/status/1167851207563628545">meeting wit</a><a href="https://x.com/filgmartin/status/1167851207563628545">h</a> former President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
Martins is also being investigated by the STF for allegedly contributing to a document questioning the 2022 Brazilian presidential election that led to the return of socialist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to power after serving a jail term for corruption.
This investigation was not cited as the official reason for Martins’ jailing, according to his lawyers.
Bolsonaro, who was president from January 2019 to December 2022, has been under investigation by the STF for making accusations of voting fraud, and his involvement in orchestrating riots on government buildings in January 2022. He is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazil-bans-bolsonaro-from-holding-office-over-election-claims-energizing-his-base">currently barred</a> from holding or running for office in Brazil until 2030 for casting doubt on its electronic voting system in a meeting with diplomats at the presidential palace, the New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/world/americas/bolsonaro-brazil-banned-office.html">reported</a>. 
By using the power of his position, de Moraes has been on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-vows-to-expose-corruption-from-brazils-dictator-who-launched-probes-for-not-restricting-free-speech">a mission</a> to crack down on conservatives and free speech in the country. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/world/americas/brazil-alexandre-de-moraes.html">The New York Times accused</a> de Moraes of using “a broad interpretation of the court’s powers” to “investigate and prosecute, as well as to silence on social media, anyone he deems a menace to Brazil’s institutions.” De Moraes also signaled to deputies that he fears conservatives will make gains in the Brazilian Congress in 2026, <a href="https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/moraes-sinaliza-preocupacao-com-bancada-conservadora-em-2026/">reported CNN Brazil.</a>
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De Moraes’ crusade led to a feud with billionaire Elon Musk after demanding the censorship and suspension of users on X accused of “fake news.”
“He demanded that X suspend accounts of people who raised corruption concerns while insisting that X pretend the suspension was for violating our terms of service!” <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1777517291736813695">Musk tweeted</a> in April. “We obey the laws of countries even if we disagree with them, but this required violating the laws of Brazil.”
De Moraes opened a probe into Musk for “disobedience” and waging a “disinformation campaign” against the court.
“The flagrant conduct of obstruction of Brazilian justice, incitement of crime, the public threat of disobedience of court orders and future lack of cooperation from the platform are facts that disrespect the sovereignty of Brazil,” de Moraes <a href="https://apnews.com/article/brazil-musk-x-supreme-court-investigation-a645757b95a66ee658832802908466ab">said</a>.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-probes-fbis-reported-role-in-brazils-crackdown-on-critics">demanded answers</a> last month after reports emerged suggesting the FBI assisted in cracking down on critics and journalists.
“In Brazil, news outlets have recently reported that the FBI, on behalf of the Brazilian government, reached out to two U.S. residents, including a journalist targeted in some of the censorship orders by Brazilian courts,” said Jordan’s letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray.
The STF did not respond to a request for comment.

Brazil’s Left-Wing Supreme Court Imprisons Prominent Conservative Based On U.S. Border Patrol Error

U.S. Border Patrol Error Leaves Former Bolsonaro’s = Adviser Imprisoned Without Trial By Left-Wing Brazil Court

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Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians rallied on Sunday in the country&#8217;s biggest city to show support for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who flew an Israeli flag in a rebuttal of anti-Semitic remarks made by the country&#8217;s current president, <a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/why-did-global-media-give-brazils-lula-free-pass-corruption">corrupt</a> socialist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The rally comes as Brazil&#8217;s federal government investigates Bolsonaro over whether he was involved in orchestrating riots on government buildings last January, the Associated Press reported, adding that he&#8217;s also under investigation for allegedly receiving illegal gifts from Saudi Arabia during his presidency.
Bolsonaro, who is barred from running for office until 2030, wants those who have been locked up from the riot to be pardoned and released from jail.
“What I seek is pacification, it is erasing the past,” he said. “It is to seek a way for us to live in peace and stop being so jumpy. Amnesty for those poor people who are jailed in Brasilia. We ask all 513 congressmen, 81 senators for a bill of amnesty so justice can be made in Brazil.”
He also shot down allegations that there was ever a coup attempted in the country: “What is a coup? It is tanks on the streets, weapons, conspiracy. None of that happened in Brazil.”
Roughly 750,000 people attended the rally, according to estimates from the Public Security Secretariat.
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➡ Ato bolsonarista reuniu 750 mil na Avenida Paulista, diz SSP
Estimativa da Secretaria da Segurança Pública contabiliza ruas adjacentes; reportagem observou 10 quarteirões com público na Paulista
Leia: <a href="https://t.co/pzkWKnRNrD">https://t.co/pzkWKnRNrD</a> <a href="https://t.co/XOt4Uzfse5">pic.twitter.com/XOt4Uzfse5</a>
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Bolsonaro also waved an Israeli flag at the rally in a clear rebuttal of Lula, who was condemned last week for engaging in anti-Semitic Holocaust denial.
Lula’s remarks come as Israel continues to conduct military operations inside Gaza to recover hostages who were kidnapped during the unprecedented October 7 terrorist attack and to eliminate Hamas terrorists and infrastructure. During the early morning surprise attack, Hamas murdered 1,200 people in Israel, injured 5,300+, and kidnapped hundreds.
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🚨A DEMOCRACIA TEM LADO: Ex-presidente Bolsonaro exibe bandeira de Israel em gesto de solidariedade na Av. Paulista
Solidariedade à nação israelense. <a href="https://t.co/JbrWppAntQ">pic.twitter.com/JbrWppAntQ</a>
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“What’s happening in the Gaza Strip isn’t a war, it’s a genocide,” Lula told reporters at an African Union summit in Ethiopia. “It’s not a war of soldiers against soldiers. It’s a war between a highly prepared army and women and children.”
“What’s happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people hasn’t happened at any other moment in history,” he said. “Actually, it has happened: when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.”
Israel has taken unprecedented measures to minimize the loss of civilian life during the war, including dropping hundreds of thousands of leaflets urging Gazans to leave specific areas, calling Gazans and urging them to evacuate, opening up safe corridors so they can travel without being fired upon by Hamas, and calling off airstrikes after civilians were located near a designated target.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to Lula’s remarks with a statement posted to social media, saying that Israel would take diplomatic action over the incident.
“The words of the president of Brazil are shameful and serious. This is about trivializing the Holocaust and trying to harm the Jewish people and Israel’s right to defend itself,” Netanyahu said. “Comparing Israel to the Nazi Holocaust and Hitler is crossing a red line. Israel fights for its defense and securing its future until complete victory and it does so while upholding international law.”
“I decided with Foreign Minister Israel Katz to summon the Brazilian ambassador to Israel for a stern reprimand conversation immediately,” he added.

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Hundreds Of Thousands Of Brazilians Flood Sao Paulo To Support Bolsonaro

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Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brazil" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brazilian</a> President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-fired-most-of-twitter-brazil-sparking-claims-he-did-because-platform-undermined-bolsonaro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jair Bolsonaro</a> has been banned from holding or even running for office in Brazil until 2030, a panel of judges ruled in a 5-2 decision on Friday. The judges on the electoral court said the populist used government communication channels to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/election-fraud" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cast doubt</a> on Brazil&#8217;s electronic voting system.
Bolsonaro, 68, was president of Brazil from January 2019 to December 2022. He lost an election runoff to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in October, 2022, and he subsequently questioned the fairness of the election.
The former president posted on Friday a video of himself and his supporters to Twitter, with the caption, &#8220;Brazil above all! God above all!&#8221;
Bolsonaro&#8217;s base has reportedly been reenergized by the judges&#8217; decision, which supporters say is unfair, and have compared the politician to former President Donald Trump, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-barred-running-office-electronic-voting-court-rcna92160" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-barred-running-office-electronic-voting-court-rcna92160&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688313146686000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Is6qz-5FD_-ji-G30jhwP">according</a> to NBC News. Supporters this past week have rallied to pay off some $230,000 in COVID-related fines for Bolsonaro.
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The judges&#8217; decision takes Bolsonaro out of the 2024 and 2028 municipal elections and the 2026 general elections; he will be 75 years old when he is again allowed to run for office.
“This response will confirm our faith in the democracy,” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/world/americas/bolsonaro-brazil-banned-office.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the Supreme Court justice who leads the electoral court in Brazil, Alexandre de Moraes.
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Bolsonaro&#8217;s coalition said an audit of the October 2022 runoff found &#8220;signs of irreparable &#8230; malfunction&#8221; in some of the electronic voting machines, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-bolsonaro-files-complaint-challenge-election-results-2022-11-22/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-bolsonaro-files-complaint-challenge-election-results-2022-11-22/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688313222165000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0QmLfDz-Gh0F0YSviXWYxB">according</a> to Reuters. A complaint said there were signs of &#8220;serious failures that generate uncertainties&#8221; in the older electronic voting machines, making it &#8220;impossible to validate the results generated,&#8221; and therefore should be &#8220;invalidated.&#8221;
The electoral court found that Bolsonaro had violated election laws when he called diplomats to the presidential palace and claimed the voting systems were rigged in Brazil, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/world/americas/bolsonaro-brazil-banned-office.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Bolsonaro is expected to appeal the ruling to Brazil’s Supreme Court — a court the former president has criticized for years, including calling some justices “terrorists.&#8221;
The populist is facing criminal threats and could potentially face time behind bars. Brazil’s Federal Police recently <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazilian-police-search-home-of-ex-president-bolsonaro-in-vaccine-probe-42bc4e1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">searched</a> Bolsonaro&#8217;s home and seized his phone as part of an investigation into alleged counterfeit COVID-19 vaccine cards. According to a police statement, the investigation focused on whether cards held by Bolsonaro and his family members were altered in order to comply with U.S. vaccine mandates for travelers coming from outside the country.
Tim Meads contributed to this report 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-fired-most-of-twitter-brazil-sparking-claims-he-did-because-platform-undermined-bolsonaro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Musk Fired Most Of Twitter Brazil, Sparking Claims He Did Because Platform Undermined Bolsonaro</a>

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This article is adapted from today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Atlanta Shooting:
One person is dead and four are injured after a shooter opened fire in an Atlanta medical facility shortly after noon today. According to police, the shooter entered Northside Hospital Medical Midtown wearing a gray hoodie and gloves and carrying a bag. It is believed that the suspect is a male and used a handgun. Police are conducting a manhunt for the suspect who is still at large. No motives have been suggested thus far. 
Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Assassination Attempt:
Russia <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/russia-accuses-ukraine-of-sending-drones-to-assassinate-putin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin. Video on social media appears to show a drone exploding above the Kremlin on Wednesday. 
The Kremlin said in a statement that two drones were intercepted and shot down by Russian security forces and that the impacts didn’t hurt any people or property. Putin was apparently away from the Kremlin at the time. A spokesman for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied Russia’s allegations.
 However, right after news of the drone attack broke, Zelensky’s chief of staff posted a string of fire emojis to his Telegram channel. He deleted the post shortly after. The attack, if it was Ukraine, would be a significant escalation in Ukraine’s attacks on Russian territory. The drone strike follows a string of attacks on Russian freight lines, military depots, and other targets, most of which have gone unaddressed by Ukraine’s government.
New York Bans Gas Stoves In Most New Buildings
New York has <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2023/05/03/ny-first-state-to-pass-gas-ban/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">officially become the first state</a> in the nation to ban natural gas and other fossil fuel hookups in most new buildings. 
On Tuesday evening, the New York Senate and Assembly voted to approve the $229 billion dollar state budget which contained the provision. There are exceptions, such as some commercial and industrial buildings including hospitals, laundromats, restaurants, and more. Governor Hochul called the move necessary, comparing the transition to the move away from coal as a primary energy source. Meanwhile, Republican State Senator Thomas O&#8217;Mara criticized the move, saying the electrical grid isn’t equipped for the transition.
Olympian Dead:
American <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-olympic-champion-sprinter-tori-bowie-dies-at-32" target="_blank" rel="noopener">track and field star Tori Bowie</a>, a three-time Olympic medalist and a two-time world champion in track and field, has died. She was 32 years old.  No cause of death has been given.
Texas Authorities Arrested Accused Illegal Alien Killer&#8217;s Wife:
Authorities have now arrested the wife of the illegal immigrant accused of killing five people, including a 9-year-old, last week in Cleveland, Texas. Police say the shooting suspect is a Mexican national illegally in the country after having been deported several times. Tim Kean, chief deputy with the San Jacinto County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <a href="https://abc7ny.com/francisco-oropesa-arrested-cleveland-texas-mass-shooting-divimara-lamar-nava-shooter/13207789/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters, &#8220;Anybody that helped this maniac definitely has some kind of issues as far as I&#8217;m concerned.&#8221;
Brazilian Police Seach Home Of Former President:
Brazil’s Federal Police <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazilian-police-search-home-of-ex-president-bolsonaro-in-vaccine-probe-42bc4e1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">searched</a> the home of former President Jair Bolsonaro and seized his phone as part of an investigation into alleged counterfeit COVID-19 vaccine cards. According to a police statement, the investigation focused on whether cards held by Bolsonaro and his family members were altered in order to comply with U.S. vaccine mandates for travelers coming from outside the country. 
Fed Hikes Rates:
The federal reserve <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-reserve-unveils-quarter-point-target-interest-rate-hike-as-banking-system-reels" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> Wednesday that it raised interest rates for the 10th time in a little more than 12 months. The quarter-point hike brings the Fed’s interest rate to between 5 and 5.25 percent. 
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After Twitter CEO Elon Musk gutted much of Twitter&#8217;s staff in Brazil following the October elections, including all employees charged with moderating content for incitement of violence and misinformation, critics are <a href="https://twitter.com/ben_kew/status/1612760166658707459" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claiming</a> the bloodbath was over Twitter&#8217;s alleged role in undermining the conservative presidency of Jair Bolsonaro.
Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter on October 27; the run-off election for Brazil was held on October 30. In the initial election on October 2, neither Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro nor leftist Luiz Inacio da Silva, who served as president of Brazil from 2003-2010, could gain more than half of the valid votes, precipitating a run-off election, which ended with Lula receiving 50.90% of the votes to Bolsonaro&#8217;s 49.10%, the closest presidential election in Brazil’s history.
In early November, Twitter Brazil <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/07/twitter-brazil-elon-musk-far-right-suspended-accounts-edited-">suspended the profiles</a> of three right-wing politicians, prompting one Twitter user to ask Musk, “Hey @elonmusk, your company has been imposing a draconian ideological censorship of the Brazilian people’s right to free speech. We are at a critical moment in our history! Wtf is going on?? We thought you bought Twitter exactly for this reason! Rise and lift the censorship NOW!”
When Musk responded, “What censorship are you referring to?” Paulo Figueiredo Filho, the grandson of João Figueiredo, Brazil’s military president between 1979 and 1985, chimed in, “Of course, Twitter needs to obey Brazilian ‘court’ decisions. But the company has gone above and beyond, spontaneously imposing its own censorship, even stricter than that of our flawed courts. Your moderators are currently being more dictatorial than our own courts!&#8221;
“I will look into this,” Musk responded.
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In early December, Avi Yemini of Rebel News tweeted at Musk, “Hey @elonmusk, can you find out what other elections were ‘handled’ by the former Twitter regime?  Thank you, The rest of the world.”
Musk replied, “I’ve seen a lot of concerning tweets about the recent Brazil election. If those tweets are accurate, it’s possible that Twitter personnel gave preference to left wing candidates.”
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I’ve seen a lot of concerning tweets about the recent Brazil election. If those tweets are accurate, it’s possible that Twitter personnel gave preference to left wing candidates.
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Musk followed with a mid-December tweet in which he stated, “Twitter may have people on the Brazil team that are strongly politically biased.” In May 2022, Musk visited Bolsonaro in Brazil, where they discussed projects that could protect the Amazon rainforest. At roughly the same time, Bolosonaro <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/elon-musk-visit-brazil-talks-with-bolsonaro-government-official-says-2022-05-20/">called</a> the possible acquisition of Twitter by Musk “a breath of hope,” adding that he hoped Musk would show the rest of the world how Brazil protected the rainforest.

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Former <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/brazil" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brazilian</a> President <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/jair-bolsonaro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jair Bolsonaro</a> was hospitalized in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> one day after supporters of his failed re-election campaign rioted and stormed multiple federal buildings in his home country.
The conservative populist was admitted to AdventHealth Celebration, a hospital outside Orlando, with concerns over severe abdominal pain, according to a <a href="https://oglobo.globo.com/blogs/lauro-jardim/post/2023/01/bolsonaro-internado-num-hospital-nos-eua.ghtml?utm_source=globo.com&amp;utm_medium=oglobo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Brazilian news outlet Globo. The former chief executive has reportedly been hospitalized a handful of times from abdominal pain since he was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/details-emerge-about-man-who-stabbed-brazils-james-barrett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stabbed</a> by a socialist activist in 2018 during a rally, resulting in severe blood loss and damage to multiple organs at the time.
The hospitalization occurs as Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who assumed office last week, and other officials in the South American nation <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazilian-government-plans-to-punish-pro-bolsonaro-protesters-who-stormed-federal-buildings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crack down</a> on Bolsonaro supporters who destroyed federal property in the Sunday demonstrations. Lula, a self-described socialist, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-con-defeats-incumbent-in-brazilian-presidential-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defeated</a> Bolsonaro, a populist conservative sometimes called the “Trump of the Tropics,” by a narrow margin during elections held in October, which occurred two years after a justice on the Brazilian Supreme Court cleared him of previous corruption convictions.
“The coup plotters who promoted the destruction of public property in Brasilia are being identified and will be punished,” Lula <a href="https://twitter.com/LulaOficial/status/1612280715231612928" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on social media. “Tomorrow we resume work at the Planalto Palace. Democracy always.”
Bolsonaro has been residing in Florida for the past few weeks; videos of him signing soccer jerseys and visiting fast food restaurants have circulated online, according to a <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/os-ne-jair-bolsanaro-rally-orlando-20230103-q4ignwy6ijg47pu462syrunyuq-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Orlando Sentinel. Bolsonaro is reportedly facing various probes in his home country related to the release of classified documents, denying election results, and potential connections to misinformation campaigns.
Biden administration officials have not yet received any requests from the Brazilian government regarding Bolsonaro.
“We have not, as of now, received any official requests from the Brazilian government related to Bolsonaro,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3805405-white-house-says-it-hasnt-received-any-requests-from-brazil-about-bolsonaro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters on Monday. “Of course, if we did receive such requests, we’d treat them the way we always do, we’d treat them seriously.”
Bolsonaro, who is reportedly staying in the home of retired Brazilian mixed martial artist Jose Aldo, condemned the rioters. “Peaceful demonstrations, in the form of the law, are part of democracy,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1612242019564548097?s=20&amp;t=L8P6-CWW_kUnM0YptjMQ0w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarked</a>. “However, depredations and invasions of public buildings as occurred today, as well as those practiced by the left in 2013 and 2017, escape the rule.”
Lula is regarded as a socialist figurehead across Latin America; residents of Brazil are concerned that his policies will fail to discourage violent crime and drug trafficking. Bolsonaro supporters have camped in front of military facilities in recent months as they plead for authorities to seize control of the government.
Military assets were nevertheless used on Sunday to contain the unrest, in which several buildings were vandalized. “I come to inform you that more than 400 people have already been arrested and will pay for the crimes committed,” Brazilian Federal District Governor Ibaneis Rocha <a href="https://twitter.com/IbaneisOficial/status/1612231280179183617" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “We continue working to identify all the others who participated in these terrorist acts this afternoon in the Federal District. We continue to work to restore order.”
Social media platforms are currently working to remove posts expressing support for the demonstrations, according to a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-owner-meta-removing-content-backing-brazil-assault-2023-01-09/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Reuters. A spokesman for Meta, which runs Facebook, designated the protest as a “violating event,” meaning that the company “will remove content that supports or praises these actions,” while a spokesperson for YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, told the outlet that the company is “closely tracking” the protests and “removing content” that violates community guidelines.

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/big-tech" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Social media</a> platforms revealed on Monday that they would remove <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/social-media-censorship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">content</a> supporting riots in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/brazil" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brazil</a> that saw demonstrators storm multiple federal buildings.
Thousands of supporters who backed former President <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/jair-bolsonaro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jair Bolsonaro</a> in recent elections <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-thousands-of-bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazils-congress-supreme-court-presidential-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">entered</a> facilities hosting the South American nation’s legislative and executive branches. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who assumed office last week, has vowed to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brazilian-government-plans-to-punish-pro-bolsonaro-protesters-who-stormed-federal-buildings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">punish</a> individuals who destroyed federal property. Technology companies are now taking down material that supports the riots, according to a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-owner-meta-removing-content-backing-brazil-assault-2023-01-09/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Reuters.
&#8220;In advance of the election, we designated Brazil as a temporary high-risk location and have been removing content calling for people to take up arms or forcibly invade Congress, the Presidential palace and other federal buildings,&#8221; a spokesman for Meta, which runs Facebook, told the outlet. &#8220;We are also designating this as a violating event, which means we will remove content that supports or praises these actions. We are actively following the situation and will continue removing content that violates our policies.&#8221;
YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, likewise told the outlet that the company is “closely tracking” the unrest and “removing content” that violates community guidelines. &#8220;Our systems are prominently surfacing authoritative content on our homepage, at the top of search results, and in recommendations,” a spokesperson said. “We will remain vigilant as the situation continues to unfold.&#8221;
Twitter did not respond to Reuters&#8217; request for comment.
Lula, a self-described socialist, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-con-defeats-incumbent-in-brazilian-presidential-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defeated</a> Bolsonaro, a populist conservative sometimes called the “Trump of the Tropics,” by a narrow margin during elections held in October. A justice on the Brazilian Supreme Court voided corruption convictions against Lula two years ago, restoring his eligibility for office. Documents leaked after Lula’s trial suggested that the judge in the case, Sergio Moro, improperly collaborated with the prosecution.
Bolsonaro, currently residing in Florida while reportedly facing investigations in his home country, has condemned illegal protests. “Peaceful demonstrations, in the form of the law, are part of democracy,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1612242019564548097?s=20&amp;t=L8P6-CWW_kUnM0YptjMQ0w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarked</a>. “However, depredations and invasions of public buildings as occurred today, as well as those practiced by the left in 2013 and 2017, escape the rule.”
Telegram, a private messaging service, is working with the new government to identify and censor content. &#8220;Telegram is a platform that supports the right to free speech and peaceful protest. Calls to violence, however, are explicitly forbidden on our platform,&#8221; a spokesperson remarked. &#8220;Our moderators use a combination of proactive monitoring in public-facing parts of our platform in addition to accepting user reports, in order to remove such content.&#8221;
The protests came almost two years after supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, drawing a comparison between the two events from American commentators. The former commander-in-chief was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/social-media-platforms-have-no-plans-to-lift-bans-on-trumps-accounts-despite-third-white-house-bid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspended</a> from major social media platforms following the incident; his account was recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-elon-musk-to-reinstate-trump-on-twitter-trump-has-repeatedly-stated-he-wont-come-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">restored</a> on Twitter after the company was purchased by Elon Musk.
Cooperation between at least one social media platform and the Lula administration occurs after the Twitter Files revealed extensive collaboration between the company and various American federal law enforcement agencies. One set of emails <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-twitter-files-show-fbi-paid-twitter-millions-influenced-execs-to-censor-hunter-biden-laptop-story" target="_blank" rel="noopener">provided</a> by Musk to independent journalists showed that there was “an organized effort by representatives of the intelligence community” aimed at “senior executives at news and social media companies” to discredit “leaked information about Hunter Biden before and after it was published.”

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/brazil" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brazil</a> plans to punish supporters of former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jair-bolsonaro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jair Bolsonaro</a> who stormed the nation’s federal buildings on Sunday.
Thousands of supporters of the right-wing chief executive, who was succeeded by left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva last week following contentious national elections, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-thousands-of-bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazils-congress-supreme-court-presidential-office">entered</a> facilities hosting the South American nation’s legislative and executive branches. Officials have vowed to prosecute the rioters and have taken some into custody.
“The coup plotters who promoted the destruction of public property in Brasilia are being identified and will be punished,” Lula <a href="https://twitter.com/LulaOficial/status/1612280715231612928" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vowed</a> Sunday on social media. “Tomorrow we resume work at the Planalto Palace. Democracy always. Goodnight.”
Lula, a self-described socialist, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-con-defeats-incumbent-in-brazilian-presidential-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defeated</a> Bolsonaro, a populist conservative called the “Trump of the Tropics,” by a margin of 50.9% to 49.1% during national elections held in October. A justice on the Brazilian Supreme Court voided corruption convictions against Lula two years ago, restoring his eligibility for office. Documents leaked after Lula’s trial suggested that the judge in the case, Sergio Moro, improperly collaborated with the prosecution.
Bolsonaro supporters, concerned that Lula would adopt soft-on-crime policies and otherwise move the nation leftward, have camped in front of military facilities in recent months, pleading for authorities to take control of the government. Lula is also a populist and an icon in Latin America, where his ideology, Lulism, constitutes a popular strand of socialist thought.
Military assets were nevertheless deployed on Sunday to manage the protests.
“I come to inform you that more than 400 people have already been arrested and will pay for the crimes committed,” Brazilian Federal District Governor Ibaneis Rocha <a href="https://twitter.com/IbaneisOficial/status/1612231280179183617" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on social media. “We continue working to identify all the others who participated in these terrorist acts this afternoon in the Federal District. We continue to work to restore order.”
Bolsonaro, currently residing in Florida while reportedly facing investigations in his home country, has claimed that the election results were fraudulent. On Sunday, however, he condemned illegal protests. “Peaceful demonstrations, in the form of the law, are part of democracy,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1612242019564548097?s=20&amp;t=L8P6-CWW_kUnM0YptjMQ0w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarked</a>. &#8220;However, depredations and invasions of public buildings as occurred today, as well as those practiced by the left in 2013 and 2017, escape the rule.”
The protests came almost exactly two years after Trump supporters stormed the United States Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, drawing a comparison between the two events from American commentators.
President Joe Biden expressed concern over the protests in Brazil.
“I condemn the assault on democracy and on the peaceful transfer of power in Brazil,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1612227134516256770" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, reiterating his willingness to work with Lula. “Brazil’s democratic institutions have our full support and the will of the Brazilian people must not be undermined.”
American law enforcement agencies drew criticism after January 6 for throwing the book at the rioters, who were predominantly right-of-center, while seemingly ignoring protests related to the death of George Floyd that caused extensive damage to major American cities months earlier. The alleged <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wheres-the-outrage-from-elected-leaders-over-the-abuse-of-january-6-prisoners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">treatment</a> of the January 6 defendants has also provoked criticism toward the Justice Department.
Michael Whittaker contributed to this report.

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Thousands of supporters of Brazil&#8217;s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, stormed the nation&#8217;s Congress and presidential offices on Sunday as they protested what they claimed was a stolen election.
The breach comes after Bolsonaro repeatedly attacked the integrity of the country&#8217;s recent presidential elections, in which Bolsonaro lost to leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Lula was inaugurated last week.
The demonstrators overran security barriers, climbed on roofs, and vandalized the buildings, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-government-caribbean-0c03c098a5e2a09ac534412c30ae8355">reported</a>.
Bolsonaro, who has been hiding out in Florida in recent weeks, has not yet made any comments condemning the incident.
“This absurd attempt to impose their will by force will not prevail,” said Justice Minister Flavio Dino on his Twitter account. “The government of the Federal District has ensured there will be reinforcements. And the forces at our disposal are at work.”
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Essa absurda tentativa de impor a vontade pela força não vai prevalecer. O Governo do Distrito Federal afirma que haverá reforços. E as forças de que dispomos estão agindo. Estou na sede do Ministério da Justiça.
&mdash; Flávio Dino 🇧🇷 (@FlavioDino) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlavioDino/status/1612158056653066240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Brazil&#8217;s Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco wrote on Twitter that Brazilian officials are focused on using the full extent of the law to get the situation under control.
Pacheco tweeted, &#8220;I vehemently repudiate these anti-democratic acts, which must urgently undergo the rigor of the law.&#8221;
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Na ação, estão empenhadas as forças de segurança do Distrito Federal, alem da Polícia Legislativa do Congresso.  Repudio veementemente esses atos antidemocráticos, que devem sofrer o rigor da lei com urgência.
&mdash; Rodrigo Pacheco (@rodrigopacheco) <a href="https://twitter.com/rodrigopacheco/status/1612154440072548354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted on Sunday, &#8220;We condemn the attacks on Brazil&#8217;s Presidency, Congress, and Supreme Court today. Using violence to attack democratic institutions is always unacceptable. We join @lulaoficial in urging an immediate end to these actions.&#8221;
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We condemn the attacks on Brazil&#39;s Presidency, Congress, and Supreme Court today. Using violence to attack democratic institutions is always unacceptable. We join <a href="https://twitter.com/LulaOficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lulaoficial</a> in urging an immediate end to these actions.
&mdash; Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1612196735538937856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Bolsonaro, who is now reportedly facing investigations since he has lost immunity from prosecution because he is no longer the country&#8217;s president, has claimed that the results of his election were fraudulent.
Sunday&#8217;s uprising will likely benefit leftists and the new Lula administration because they will use it to justify parts of the agenda that they are pushing, political analysts suggested online.
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Radicais brincando com o patrimônio público! Invadiram o plenário do Senado Federal 👇 <a href="https://t.co/0Oq47VDQVI">pic.twitter.com/0Oq47VDQVI</a>
&mdash; Murilo Fagundes (@muriloffagundes) <a href="https://twitter.com/muriloffagundes/status/1612164883684130816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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⚠️ Bolsonaristas invadem o Congresso Nacional em manifestação antidemocrática <a href="https://t.co/fpLp7TThD2">pic.twitter.com/fpLp7TThD2</a>
&mdash; Metrópoles (@Metropoles) <a href="https://twitter.com/Metropoles/status/1612146430864510976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Apoiadores de Jair Bolsonaro colocam fogo no Congresso Nacional. <a href="https://t.co/XhE8r3GiwF">pic.twitter.com/XhE8r3GiwF</a>
&mdash; Metrópoles (@Metropoles) <a href="https://twitter.com/Metropoles/status/1612188229876256769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A destruição do <a href="https://twitter.com/STF_oficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@STF_oficial</a> visto por dentro. Atos de terroristas a mando do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro causam intensa desordem na Capital. <a href="https://t.co/uLv2miPYWB">pic.twitter.com/uLv2miPYWB</a>
&mdash; George Marques 🇧🇷 (@GeorgMarques) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgMarques/status/1612166079991758848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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URGENTE: Invasores quebram vidraças da chapelaria do Congresso e invadem a Câmara dos Deputados. Extremistas já estão no Salão Verde e nos anexos do prédio. Também houve invasão ao Palácio do Planalto. Presidente Lula não está no local. <a href="https://t.co/lP91pLqTuf">pic.twitter.com/lP91pLqTuf</a>
&mdash; Renato Souza (@reporterenato) <a href="https://twitter.com/reporterenato/status/1612155259824087041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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ATENTADOS EM BRASÍLIA: Prédio do STF tem o andar térreo e o plenário complemente destruídos. Servidores da segurança foram ameaçados e documentos oficiais podem ter sido extraviados. Vídeo: George Marques. <a href="https://t.co/NAPmiJqvms">pic.twitter.com/NAPmiJqvms</a>
&mdash; Renato Souza (@reporterenato) <a href="https://twitter.com/reporterenato/status/1612169712611491841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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O plenário do <a href="https://twitter.com/STF_oficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@STF_oficial</a> completamente destruído por terroristas a mando do Bolsonaro <a href="https://t.co/NiU076FhWY">pic.twitter.com/NiU076FhWY</a>
&mdash; George Marques 🇧🇷 (@GeorgMarques) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgMarques/status/1612160125208334336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Thousands Of Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court, Presidential Office

Thousands Of Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court, Presidential Office

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