Supreme Court upholds decision to retain Bolsonaro’s passport
The first panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court has decided to uphold the individual decision of Justice Alexandre de Moraes—the rapporteur of the case—to withhold former president Jair Bolsonaro’s passport and ban him from having contact with people under investigation.
The restrictions had been ordered as part of probes into an alleged attempted coup d’état in Brazil and the irregular sale of jewelry received by the former leader during international trips.
Justice Moraes argued that the Federal Police investigations are ongoing and there is no justification for reforming the decision preventing Bolsonaro from leaving the country.
For the same reason, the justice also denied the former president access to the plea bargain of Mauro Cid, his former aide-de-camp.
The decision was taken unanimously by Justices Flávio Dino, Luiz Fux, Cristiano Zanin, Cármen Lúcia, and Moraes.
The trial was held online and ended Friday (Oct. 18).
