Brazil's Bolsonaro shows his anger after court blocks attendance at Trump’s swearing-In

Record ID: 1901783

  • Title: Brazil's Bolsonaro shows his anger after court blocks attendance at Trump’s swearing-In
  • Date: 18th January 2025
  • Summary: BRASILIA, BRAZIL (JANUARY 18, 2025) (REUTERS) FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO GETTING OFF VEHICLE AND TALKING WITH REPORTERS 2. BOLSONARO AND HIS WIFE MICHELLE BOLSONARO WALKING AMONGST REPORTERS AND WAVING TO SUPPORTERS BOLSONARO AND MICHELLE BOLSONARO AT AIRPORT ENTRANCE BOLSONARO AND MICHELLE BOLSONARO KISSING AND HUGGING EACH OTHER / MICHELLE BOLSONARO ENTERI
  • Embargoed: 1st February 2025 15:26
  • Keywords: Brazil Donald Trump Jair Bolsonaro US court inauguration politics
  • Location: BRASILIA, BRAZIL
  • City: BRASILIA, BRAZIL
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: South America / Central America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001429218012025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused the country's supreme court of persecuting him on Saturday (January 18) after his appeal was rejected on Friday.
    Speaking at the airport in Brasilia, Bolsonaro, who had called on the Supreme Court to reconsider a previous decision barring him from traveling to the U.S. to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, said he was facing "huge political persecution by one person".
    Bolsonaro's lawyers had filed an appeal late on Thursday claiming the right-wing politician had fully complied with and respected the precautionary measures imposed on him by the Supreme Court, and also rejected any possibility of him fleeing.
    But Justice Alexandre de Moraes hours later upheld an earlier ruling rejecting the former president's request to have his passport returned, a document seen by Reuters showed.
    Bolsonaro was at the airport to bid farewell to his wife Michelle who will attend Trump's inauguration.
    Bolsonaro, who has been barred from running for office until 2030 and faces criminal charges for allegedly plotting a coup after his 2022 election defeat, had his passport taken in February 2024 on the order of Brazil's top court.
    Bolsonaro, who governed Brazil from 2019 to 2022 and has been called "Trump of the Tropics," said on Saturday that he had been invited to Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration.
    (Production: Adriano Machado, Sergio Queiroz, Liamar Ramos)
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