After Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ refusal Thursday, the former president’s defense appealed against the ruling that prevented him from traveling to the US for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro's defense filed a request late on Thursday with Brazil's highest court to urgently reconsider the decision to bar him from traveling to the United States to attend the U.

Jair Bolsonaro and a Times reporter discussed the former Brazilian president’s two mysterious nights at the Hungarian embassy.

A Brazilian judge on Friday rejected an appeal by former president Jair Bolsonaro to have his passport returned to him so he could attend the inauguration of his hero, US President-elect Donald Trump.

Brazil's Supreme Court has denied former President Jair Bolsonaro's request to restore his passport for attending Donald Trump's inauguration in the US. The court argues that Bolsonaro, who is under multiple investigations,

Former Brazilian president’s plans to attend ceremony are scuppered after supreme court rejects request to release his confiscated passport

Since then, however, their political paths have dramatically diverged.

The passport of Jair Bolsonaro, a former far-right president, had been confiscated as part of ongoing investigations.

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 Trump’s inauguration — it lifted his spirits.

The former far-right president, nicknamed the “Trump of the Tropics”, has denied all allegations against him. But police have deemed him a flight risk. On the social media platform X, Bolsonaro’s office responded to the court’s decision with displeasure, calling it evidence of “lawfare” — a term for the use of a weaponised legal system.

Brazil's Supreme Court has denied former President Jair Bolsonaro's request to restore his passport, which he wished to use to attend Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington. Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled that Bolsonaro did not sufficiently prove his invitation to the event and highlighted ongoing investigations against him.