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.
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to wear an ankle monitor, stay home during most hours and stay away from foreign embassies because of his efforts to lobby President Trump to intervene in his legal troubles.
The orders are a sharp escalation of Brazil’s sudden feud with Mr. Trump over the legal case against Mr. Bolsonaro, who could end up in prison on charges that he attempted a coup after losing the 2022 election.
Mr. Trump has threated 50 percent tariffs starting Aug. 1 on Brazilian imports and has expressed anger about what he has called a “witch hunt” targeting Mr. Bolsonaro.
Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has pushed back aggressively, saying Mr. Bolsonaro should face justice and accusing Mr. Trump of infringing on the country’s sovereignty. He has made clear that Brazil will not capitulate to an American president he has called an “emperor.”
On Thursday night, Mr. Trump said online that the charges against Mr. Bolsonaro should be dropped. On Friday morning, Brazilian federal police raided Mr. Bolsonaro’s home and office.
Alexandre de Moraes, a Brazilian Supreme Court justice who has overseen investigations into Mr. Bolsonaro for years, said he had ordered Mr. Bolsonaro to remain under house arrest during nights and weekends and barred him from any contact with foreign ambassadors.
