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Trump to Brazil: 'Leave Bolsonaro alone'
BRAZIL, JUL 7 – Trump calls the prosecution of Bolsonaro a politically motivated "witch hunt" and compares it to his own legal battles, while Bolsonaro faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted.
- Former President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil is currently undergoing trial for allegedly heading a criminal group involved in planning a coup following his defeat in the 2022 presidential election.
- The trial followed Bolsonaro's loss by about 1.8 points to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with Bolsonaro barred from running again until 2030 for spreading voting system misinformation.
- Thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential offices in January 2023, an event federal investigators described as an attempted coup.
- Donald Trump took to Truth Social to defend Bolsonaro, labeling the prosecution as a "WITCH HUNT" and urging officials to "LEAVE BOLSONARO ALONE," while drawing parallels between Bolsonaro’s legal challenges and the extensive scrutiny he himself has faced.
- The legal and political crisis has heightened tensions between the US and Brazil, with Lula asserting Brazil’s sovereignty and rejecting foreign interference amid broader BRICS summit discussions.
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Brazil’s Lula hits out at Trump ‘interference’
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