Live: Reuters interview with former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
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He said:
"I had 14,000 dollars and 7,000 reais at home," said Bolsonaro, adding federal police carried out a search and seizure warrant at his home at around 7 a.m.
Supreme Court Justice Moraes is 'criminalizing' the U.S. Congress and government
"We didn't interfere with the 50% tariff," he said, adding he wanted to reach out to the U.S. embassy's charge d'affaires to talk about tariffs
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Reuters is interviewing former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia on Friday.
Brazil's Supreme Court issued search warrants and restraining orders against Bolsonaro, banning him from contacting foreign officials for allegedly courting the interference of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Federal police raided Bolsonaro's home and he was ordered to wear an ankle monitor, adding to legal pressure that Trump has tried to relieve with a steep tariff on Brazilian goods.
Bolsonaro's lawyers in a statement expressed "surprise and indignation" at what they called "severe precautionary measures imposed against him," adding that Bolsonaro has so far complied with court orders.
Bolsonaro, who was friendly with Trump when they were both in office, is on trial before Brazil's Supreme Court on charges of plotting a coup to stop President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office in January 2023.
Last month, Bolsonaro denied that he led an attempt to overthrow the government after losing the 2022 election in his testimony before the Supreme Court, but acknowledged taking part in meetings aimed at reversing the outcome.
Bolsonaro said he and senior aides discussed alternatives to accepting the electoral results, including the possibility of deploying military forces and suspending some civil liberties, but he said those proposals were soon dropped.
Police spent two years investigating the election-denying movement that culminated in riots by Bolsonaro supporters in the capital in early 2023, a week after Lula took office.
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