Brazilian lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro, said last weekend that Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes had rejected his father's request to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. He accused the government of interfering with “a highly bureaucratic process.”
Former President Jair Bolsonaro remains banned from leaving Brazil starting in 2024 after de Moraes ordered police to do so. grab After narrowly losing the 2022 election, he was stripped of his passport amid accusations of plotting a “coup.” Bolsonaro officially was indicted In November, he was indicted along with 36 others on charges of poisoning radical leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and plotting a coup. A trial in this case has not yet been scheduled at the time of writing.
Bolsonaro, stubborn supporter President-elect Trump's said In November, he said he plans to apply for permission to travel to the United States if he receives an invitation and attend President Trump's inauguration on January 20.
multiple outlets reported Last week, former President Bolsonaro received an invitation. Bolsonaro on social media post He said on Wednesday that he was “extremely honored” to receive an invitation to President Trump's inauguration, and his lawyer has already given Mr. de Moraes a passport to “attend this prestigious and important historical event.” He said he has forwarded the request to get it back.
“Let's go. Let's go, Mr. President? I'm very happy with this invitation. I'm going to represent the interests of right-wing conservatives in the United States and the Brazilian people,” Bolsonaro said in a video posted the same day. I'm happy and grateful.”
brazil outlet reported Last weekend, President de Moraes responded to President Bolsonaro's request on Saturday, demanding that the former president provide additional evidence, including “official documents” proving that he had received an invitation to President-elect Trump's inauguration. did. De Moraes reportedly ruled that according to Brazilian law, documents written in foreign languages must be translated by an official translator or “an appropriate person appointed by the authorities.”
A judge at Brazil's Supreme Court also reportedly questioned the origin of the invitation that Eduardo Bolsonaro allegedly received by email. brazil outlet poder 360 reported The company announced Saturday that it had obtained a copy of an email purporting to invite the former president and guests to the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance and the Sterling Inaugural Ball.
Mr. de Moraes' sentence reportedly reads as follows:
The request was not properly attached with the necessary documents, as the message was sent to Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro's email from an unidentified address “info@t47inaugural.com” and did not include a time or schedule for the event. It had not been done.
T47inaugural.com This is the official website of the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee.
Eduardo Bolsonaro criticized In response, President de Moraes argued that the judge was asking for a “highly bureaucratic procedure to prevent his father from being released in time for the inauguration.” The Brazilian lawmaker claimed that President-elect Trump's inauguration team must be “very furious” with Mr de Moraes for releasing the email address to which he sent the invitation.
“It wasn't an advisor who received Jair Bolsonaro's invitation. It was Trump who analyzed it, took advice, had a meeting and decided, 'Call and invite Messias Bolsonaro.' “It was Mr.,” he said.
Eduardo Bolsonaro also claimed to have received the invitation email on his father's behalf because of his role as an intermediary with President-elect Trump's transition office. Eduardo Bolsonaro posted a video on Twitter on Sunday saying the former president's team was “rushing to fill all the necessary bureaucracies” to allow his father to attend his January 20 trial. ” he explained.
A Brazilian lawmaker pointed to Jair Bolsonaro. returned Returns from the United States in 2023 and returns from Argentina's President Javier Millay inauguration ceremony Scheduled for December 2023, there should be no risk of flight.
Fabio Weingarten, a Brazilian entrepreneur who serves as one of former President Bolsonaro's advisors and lawyers, said On social media on Saturday, Bolsonaro's lawyers said they would “provide and comply” with De Moraes' request by “attaching all relevant documents to the case.” In his post, Weingarten claimed that Eduardo Bolsonaro will attend the dinner after the swearing-in ceremony.
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