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How Can Bolsonaro Avoid Prison? Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg, He Says. [1]

['Jack Nicas']

Date: 2025-01-16

Jair Bolsonaro has had a rough couple of years: election losses, criminal cases, questionable embassy sleepovers. So when he finally received a piece of good news last week — an invitation to President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration — it lifted his spirits.

“I’m feeling like a kid again with Trump’s invite. I’m fired up. I’m not even taking Viagra anymore,” the former Brazilian president said in an interview on Tuesday, employing his trademark sophomoric humor. “Trump’s gesture is something to be proud of, right? Who’s Trump? The most important guy in the world.”

But reality has a way of spoiling plans.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has confiscated Mr. Bolsonaro’s passport as part of an investigation into whether he tried to stage a coup after losing re-election in 2022. To attend Monday’s inauguration, Mr. Bolsonaro had to request permission from a Supreme Court justice who is also his political nemesis.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/world/americas/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-trump-us.html

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