Brazil court freezes Bolsonaro son's assets as ex-president threatened with arrest over social media use
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A Brazilian Supreme Court Justice has frozen accounts and assets of Eduardo Bolsonaro in relation to an investigation regarding his conduct in the US. Eduardo Bolsonaro criticized this as an arbitrary measure. Justice Alexandre de Moraes has also threatened to arrest his father, Jair Bolsonaro, for breaching social media restrictions. Jair Bolsonaro was ordered to wear an ankle monitor and barred from social media use, which he decried as cowardice while expressing his intention to continue speaking to the press.
Eduardo Bolsonaro criticized the freezing of his accounts and assets, labeling it an arbitrary decision by Justice Alexandre de Moraes amid a probe into his conduct in the US.
Justice Moraes has threatened former president Jair Bolsonaro with arrest if his lawyers do not explain within 24 hours why he breached restrictions on social media use.
Jair Bolsonaro displayed the electronic ankle monitor mandated by the Supreme Court, denouncing the social media ban as cowardice while emphasizing his intent to keep speaking to the press.
Justice Moraes ordered Bolsonaro to wear an ankle monitor and banned him from social media following accusations concerning his alleged interactions with Donald Trump's administration.
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