Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was ordered by his country's supreme court to wear an ankle monitor. He has been lobbying Donald Trump for help.

Brazilian police raided Jair Bolsonaro's home Friday, as a judge imposed further restrictions on the far-right former leader while he stands trial on coup charges that have vexed US president and ally Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump has frequently defended former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, calling his prosecution a ‘witch hunt’

Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro, the former president, to stay home most hours, defying President Trump’s demands that charges against him be dropped.

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to wear an ankle monitor while he stands trial over an alleged coup plot following his 2022 election defeat. The court imposed the monitor to enforce restrictions during the investigation,

Alexandre de Moraes is prosecuting former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump-backed candidate, for an alleged coup attempt after the 2022 election.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called a U.S. decision to impose visa bans on officials involved in former President Jair Bolsonaro's trial "arbitrary" and "baseless," and said foreign interference in the judiciary was "unacceptable.

Trump called Brasília’s prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro for an alleged coup attempt a 'witch hunt.'