Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) has denied former President Jair Bolsonaro's request to travel to the United States for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, citing the ongoing investigation into an alleged 'coup' plot, ruled that Bolsonaro did not provide sufficient documentation to prove his invitation and that there is a possibility of him evading criminal law.
Supreme Federal Tribunal of Brazil on Thursday denied former President Jair Bolsonaro ’s request for permission to leave the country to attend President-elect Donald Trump ’s inauguration.
After allegedly receiving an invitation to attend President-elect Trump’s inauguration, Bolsonaro, through his legal team, requested an exemption to the travel ban so he could travel to the United States. Weeks before his passport was seized, Bolsonaro traveled to Argentina in December 2023 to attend President Javier Milei’s
“The desired trip is intended to satisfy the applicant’s private interest, which is not essential. There is no evidence in the application that the journey abroad would serve any vital interest of the applicant, capable of overriding the public interest that opposes the applicant’s departure from the country,” the document read.
Gonet further expressed that it is “pointless” to point out that Bolsonaro does not hold a position that “confers the status of official representation of Brazil to his presence at the official ceremony in the United States.”
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