Jair Bolsonaro left a Brasilia hospital after medical tests while under house arrest and had his mobile phone seized by order of a judge. Investigators found a 2024 draft letter in which he requested political asylum from Argentine president Javier Milei. Federal Police requested judges add charges that Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo attempted to coerce the Supreme Court. Investigators found a transfer of two million reais routed through family members to finance Eduardo's stay in the United States. Eduardo reportedly lobbied the Trump administration to pressure Brazilian institutions to prevent accountability for the attempted insurrection. Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing.
The letter in question is a draft last modified in February 2024 — just days after Judge Alexandre de Moraes had revoked Bolsonaro's passport — coinciding with a two-night stay at the Hungarian Embassy in Brasilia, which raised suspicions that he planned to seek asylum from an ideologically aligned government. Police also revealed that Bolsonaro transferred two million reais (around $362,000) to his son to cover his stay in the United States.
The money was moved through the wives of both men, according to the Brazilian press. The patriarch sent the funds to the account of his wife, Michelle, who the next day transferred them to their daughter-in-law Eloisa, Eduardo's wife. Eduardo, in turn, dedicated himself to maneuvering with the Trump administration to pressure Brazilian institutions so that his father would not be held accountable for the attempted insurrection.
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