Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasília on July 17. Mateus Bonomi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Former President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press after testifying to the federal police in an investigation involving his son, former Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption
Brazil’s ex-President Bolsonaro faces coup trial — here’s what to know
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, temporarily allowed out of house arrest for medical exams, leaves a hospital in Brasília, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro gives a press conference outside the Senate in Brasilia. Luis Nova/AP hide caption
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press at the Federal Senate in Brasilia on July 17, 2025. MATEUS BONOMI/AFP hide caption
Brazil’s Supreme Court puts ankle monitor on Bolsonaro ahead of coup trial
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attends his Supreme Court trial along with others charged in an alleged coup plot to keep him in office after his 2022 election defeat, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to reporters after the Supreme Court voted that he should stand trial for allegedly attempting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday. Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters hide caption
Former President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press after being formally charged by the federal police with attempted coup, at the airport in Brasilia, Brazil on Monday. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption
Former President Jair Bolsonaro addresses supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo., Brazil, on Feb. 25, 2024. Andre Penner/AP hide caption
An officer of the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) takes part in an operation against Amazon deforestation at an illegal mining camp, known as garimpo, at the Yanomami territory in Roraima State, Brazil, on February 24. Alan Chaves/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro at Brasilia International Airport on Thursday. Adriano Machado/Reuters hide caption
A Brazil court has banned Bolsonaro from running for election until 2030
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press as he leaves the Federal Senate in Brasília on June 21. Evaristo SA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Bolsonaro goes on trial over electoral fraud claims that could bar him from elections
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves Federal Police headquarters after giving testimony over the Jan. 8 attacks, in Brasilia, April 26. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption
The jewelry with diamonds gifted to former President Jair Bolsonaro and his wife Michelle Bolsonaro by the Saudi government, which was seized by customs officials, is seen at São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, in Guarulhos, Brazil, on Tuesday. Amanda Perobelli/Reuters hide caption
Brazil's ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, pictured here at a Nov. 1 press conference, has been staying in Orlando, Fla., as his home country investigates his supporters' attack on government buildings. Andressa Anholete/Getty Images hide caption
Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, looks on after speaking from his official residence at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Nov. 1, 2022. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption
Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, stand on the roof of the National Congress building after they stormed it, in Brasília, Brazil, on Sunday. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption
Damage is seen at Brazil's Congress one day after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasília. The attack was planned by far-right groups on social media, according to Brazilian media and analysts. Andressa Anholete/Getty Images hide caption
The attack on Brazil's Congress was stoked by social media — and by Trump allies
Brazil's Supreme Court building is seen through a broken window of the Planalto presidential building in Brasília on Monday, a day after supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, invaded the Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court. Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Bolsonaro lays low in Florida as Brazil cracks down on riots by his supporters
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, pictured here at an election debate in October, left his country for Florida two days before his term ended. Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Fans arrive to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil round of 16 match between Brazil and Chile at Estadio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on June 28, 2014. Pedro Vilela/Getty Images hide caption
Why some Brazilians won't be wearing their national soccer colors for the World Cup
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a news conference at Alvorada Palace in Brasília, Brazil, on Tuesday. Bolsonaro vowed to follow the constitution in his first speech after narrowly losing Sunday's runoff election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, but didn't formally concede. Arthur Menescal/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Brazil's Bolsonaro avoids conceding defeat, but begins transition to winner Lula
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks after winning the presidential runoff election in São Paulo on Sunday. Nelson Almeida/AFP / Getty Images hide caption
An aerial view of the BR-319 highway where it meets the Igapó Açu River in São Sebastião, Brazil, on Sept. 24. The community is a stopping point for travelers and tourists. Bruno Kelly for NPR hide caption