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BSC requests, analysis of withholding of Bolsonaro’s son’s passaport

Brasilia, Mar 3 (Prensa Latina) Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of Brazil's Supreme Court, reportedly sent to the Attorney General's Office a request for withholding the passport of federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro.

The Attorney General’s Office (Prosecutor General’s Office) has five days to comment on the news-crime that attributes to the parliamentarian “crimes against national sovereignty.”

The request came from the leader of the Workers’ Party in the Chamber of Deputies, Lindbergh Farias, and Parliament Member Rogerio Correia, who are calling for the criminal investigation of Eduardo Bolsonaro for allegedly articulating retaliation to the Supreme Federal Court (SFC) together with US politicians.

They also asked the seizure of his passport to prevent ‘ongoing illicit conduct’ from continuing.

According to Lindbergh, the former president’s son has mediated contacts with US congressmen.

If approved, the measure could prevent De Moraes himself from entering the United States, due to his decisions to block the X social media and the Canadian video platform Rumble, in Brazil.

The fact is that the immoral and reprehensible practice of the deputy configures a real attempt to coerce not only a member of one of the Powers of the Republic, but the national Judiciary itself, which will assess, if applicable, the criminal actions involving the father of the MP and his coup environment, Lindbergh stated.

Such case gained echo in the United States, where congressman Richard McCormick (Republican Party, Georgia) accused De Moraes of “using justice as a weapon to swindle the 2026 elections.” In a publication on X, McCormick called for President Donald Trump and the US Congress to adopt sanctions against the STF minister, including visa bans and economic sanctions.

In the face of the U.S. government’s criticism of De Moraes’ decisions on big techs (technology companies), the Superior Court of Justice published a note on February 28 reinforcing the independence of the Brazilian Judiciary.

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