Rubio imposes visa restrictions on the Brazilian Judge in the Bolsonar case

US Secretary of State Brand Rubio Visa Visa restrictions on the Brazilian judge after the Supreme Court of the country issued orders for searches and restrained orders against former President Jiro Bolsonar.

According to Rubio, who criticized what he called “political hunting” against former Supreme Court president Alexander de Morasses, his uncertain allies on the site and his immediate family members will face the visa recalls.

“President Trump has made it clear that his administration would prosecute foreign nationals who are responsible for censorship in the US,” Rubio said in a statement.

“The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court of Justice Alexander de Moras on witches against Jiri Bolsonar created a complex of persecution and censorship, so as it not only violates the basic rights of Brazilians, but also go beyond the shores of Brazil for orientation,” he continued.

Police are looking for former Brazilian President Jiri Balsanar, political headquarters

Former Brazilian President Jiri Balssoner appears with the media in the Federal Senate in Brazil, Brazil, July 17, 2025. (Reuters)

As part of the order of Bolsonar’s court, it is forbidden to appeal to foreign officials, the use of social media or approaching embassies about the allegations that he was looking for interference with the US president Donald TrumpAccording to the decision taken by Moraz, which cited the “specific opportunity” he ran around the country.

Federal police searched the Bolsonar House, and he had an ankle monitor.

Trump has already tried pressure Brazil’s officials To help Bolsonaro, announcing a 50% tariff for goods from the country since August 1 in a letter, which began with the criticism of Bolsonar’s trial before Brazil’s Supreme Court of trying to cancel the latest elections.

The US president has pushed Brazil to stop the case against the Balsanar, claiming that the former leader of the Brazilian leader was a victim of “witch hunting”.

Bolsonar is tried before the Supreme Court of Brazil on charges of planning a coup to stop President Luis Inazio Lula to Silva to take office in January 2023.

Bolsonar said Reuters that he believed that orders against him were issued in response to Trump’s criticism in the trial.

The former president described Moras as a “dictator” and called the last rulings of the “Activity” court.

Former Brazilian President Jiri Balssa arrives at the State Secretariat of the Penitentiary Administration headquarters in Brazil, Brazil, July 18, 2025. (Reuters/Adriano Machado)

“I feel the highest humiliation,” he said about the wearing the monitor of the ankle joint. “I am 70 years old, I was the President of the Republic for four years.”

Bolsonar denied any plans to leave the country, but said he would meet Trump if he could access his passport, which was confiscated last year. He also said he had contacted the main American diplomat in Brazil to discuss the threat of Trump’s tariffs.

White House press secretary Anna Kelly said on Friday, citing Trump’s previous comments that “Balsanar and his supporters are attacked from the armed court system.”

On Thursday, Trump shared a letter he sent to Bolsonar.

“I saw the terrible treatment you get in the hands of an unfair system, turned against you. This court should end immediately!” He wrote.

In his decision, Moraz said that the restrictions on the Balsanar were due to the allegations that the former president is trying to force the “head of state of the foreign nation” to interfere with the Brazilian courts, which the judge called the attack on national sovereignty.

Trump calls on immediately the “unfair” lawsuit over former Brazil President Jiri Balsanar

US Secretary of State Mark Rubio has announced a visa restriction on the Justice of the Supreme Court of Brazil Alexander De Morasa, his uncertain allies on the site and his immediate family members. (Julien de Rosa/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

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The judge added that the threats of Trump higher tariffs sought to create a serious economic crisis in Brazil to prevent the country’s judicial system.

Bolsonar was also forbidden to refer to key allies, including his son Eduard Bolsonar, a Brazilian congressman who works in the United States to gather his father’s support.

The former Brazilian president told Reuters that he had spoken to his son almost daily and denied any concerted US lobbying efforts on his behalf. He said he expects his son to seek US citizenship to avoid returning to Brazil.

The Five Supreme Court of the Supreme Court of Brazil supported Moras’s decision.

Reuters contributed to this report.