Moraes sent a notice to the police on Monday urging him to have full-time surveillance close to Bolsonaro’s home to check whether he was breaking the restraining orders.
After Moraes determined that the troubled former president had violated the court’s pre-emptive measures that limited his use of social media and political messaging, he was placed under house arrest earlier this month.
Police reported last week that they had discovered a draft of Bolsonaro’s asylum request on his phone. According to police, it was last edited in 2024.
Bolsonaro’s legal team claimed that the document merely provided proof that the former president was a risk of emigration.
On September 2, Bolsonaro’s trial is scheduled to begin. If Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the former president, is found guilty of plotting to overthrow his democratically elected successor as president in 2022, he could spend up to 40 years in prison.
Donald Trump’s administration has been at a loss for his former ally, who claims there is a witch-hunt against him.
Source: Aljazeera
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