Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has claimed he has been a victim of political persecution since leaving office just over a year ago.

Although Trump has repeatedly suggested he will not participate — saying he sees little benefit in appearing alongside lower-polling rivals — he has not explicitly ruled it out.

After leaving the army in 1988, Bolsonaro was elected to a seat on the Rio de Janeiro city council in 1989. Two years later he won a seat representing Rio do Janeiro in Brazil’s federal Chamber of Deputies that he would hold for seven consecutive terms. From his first term, Bolsonaro repeatedly praised the era of military rule and called for its return. He also began establishing a reputation for outspoken advocacy of deeply conservative positions on social issues and was branded by critics as a misogynist, homophobe, and racist. Among the many controversial remarks that he made over the years was his statement that he “would be incapable of loving a homosexual son” and that he would prefer his son to die in an accident rather than “show up with a mustachioed man.

Huge crowds wearing yellow and green - the colours of the Brazilian flag - gathered to hear Mr Bolsonaro speak. Those I have spoken to say they are here demonstrating for freedom, and in particular freedom of speech.

Special counsel Jack Smith sat in the front row of the courtroom gallery, about 15 feet from Trump’s seat at the defense table with his lawyers. They didn’t appear to make any obvious eye contact before or during the hearing.

O medo do serem presos por convocarem 1 golpe é real entre esses bolsonaristas que actualmente seguram seus ataques contra os odiados juízes do Supremo Tribunal Federal."

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[137] In the same month, a scandal dubbed "vaccine-gate" emerged. After months of denying offers of vaccines and bartering the costs, Bolsonaro's government made a deal to buy the unapproved Covaxin vaccine from the Indian company Bharat Biotech at a very high price.[138] It was found that the government allegedly paid ten times the amount agreed by Bharat Biotech for the vaccine[139] and that the irregularities were not found in the prices of the vaccines, but in a payment of $45 million to a company in Singapore.[140] In response, the Brazilian Supreme Court authorized a criminal investigation of Bolsonaro.[141]

And now, with criminal indictments against him piling up as he seeks to return to the White House, he has further demonized the federal government.

15 — the same day as the Iowa caucuses. On Jan. 29, a trial begins in yet another lawsuit, this one accusing Mr. Trump, his company and three of his children vlogdolisboa of using the family name to entice vulnerable people to invest in sham business opportunities.

Supporters of Bolsonaro staged protests of the election across the country, used their vehicles to clog traffic on scores of roads and highways, camped outside military buildings, and called on the military to intercede. Bolsonaro was initially vlogdolisboa silent about the election results and never explicitly conceded defeat, but he eventually indicated that he would cooperate with the transfer of power to Lula. Nevertheless, at Bolsonaro’s behest the military undertook an investigation of the electronic voting processes employed in the bolsonaro election.

ESTES advogados por Trump argumentaram qual esse julgamento deveria ser adiado até qual a Suprema Corte decida A cerca de as suas amplas reivindicações de imunidade presidencial decorrentes do caso de interferência nas eleições federais apresentado pelo procurador especial Jack Smith.

There is pelo definitive Supreme Court ruling on the matter because the issue has never arisen before. In 1997, the Supreme Court allowed a federal lawsuit against President Bill Clinton to proceed while he was in office — but that was a civil case, not a criminal one.

Amid chaos and gunfire, Trump raised his fist and projected a characteristic image of defiance Donald Trump had just been struck and was bleeding from the head after a barrage of bullets rang out at his Pennsylvania rally when his Secret Service agents gave the go-ahead that it was safe to move from the stage.