The minister, of the (Supreme Federal Court), the house arrest of the former president ().
According to the magistrate, Bolsonaro failed to comply with the precautions by interacting with supporters during demonstrations on Sunday (3).
The president is defendant at the Supreme Court on charges of leading a coup plot to prevent President Lula (PT) from inauguration. If convicted, he can take more than 40 years in prison and increase his ineligibility, which currently runs until 2030.
In the decision that decreed the house arrest, the magistrate returned to use the phrase “Justice is blind, but not foolish” and exclamations and capital letters.
Here are some phrases of Moraes’s decision that decreed the former president’s house arrest.
Coercion to the Supreme Court
Moraes states in the decision that Bolsonaro participated in Sunday’s demonstrations and that there was support for sanctions to coerce the Supreme Court.
On 3/8/2025, the press reported the participation of Jair Messias Bolsonaro, through the use of social networks, in the acts performed by its supporters, in which flags from the United States of America were used, supported by the tariffs imposed on Brazil to coerce the Federal Supreme Court.
Even Modus Operandi of Eduardo Bolsonaro
The minister states that the conduct of the former president aligns with that of his son Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), that the magistrate classifies as framed in crimes of obstruction, coercion and attack on sovereignty.
The conduct practiced by Jair Messias Bolsonaro, to embarrass the criminal action that is being processed in this supreme court, aligned themselves with the modus operandi of his son, Eduardo Nantes Bolsonaro, including the instrumentalization of social networks, from several coordinated posts between the investigated and his political supporters, inducing and urging foreign head of state to take action to interfere illicitly in the regular course of the lawsuit, in order to result in pressure in the face of Brazilian authorities, with flagrant attack on national sovereignty
Criminal pressure and repetition of digital militias
The minister says that “obviously” it would not be logical to allow the use of the same criminal conduct in order to pressure Brazilian institutions. Moraes also says that the conduct of Bolsonaro repeats the willful use of social networks verified in the inquiry of digital militias.
Obviously, it would be not logical and reasonable to allow the use of the same criminal modus operandi with various posts on third party social networks, especially by “digital militias” and previously coordinated political supporters for the dissemination of illicit conduct that could eventually be practiced by Jair Messias Bolsonaro, whether in public acts, but always with the purpose of continuing to induce and instigate chief state. Foreign to take steps to unlawfully interfere with the regular course of judicial process, in order to result in social pressure in the face of Brazilian authorities, with flagrant attack on national sovereignty
Justice is not foolish
The minister repeats a phrase about justice being blind, but does not fool. The phrase was written in a previous decision and caught the attention of opponents by a Portuguese mistake. In a previous text, the minister changed the “but” for “more” in the sentence.
As I have repeatedly stated, justice is blind, but it is not foolish. The justice will not allow a defendant to make her foolish, thinking she will be unpunished by having political and economic power. Justice is the same for everyone. The defendant who deliberately fails to precautionary measures – for the second time – must suffer the legal consequences
Neglected warning
The minister recalls that he denied the preventive in the previous occasion in which Bolsonaro would have disrespected the precautionary measure of not using social networks because he considered that the conduct was isolated.
Defendant Jair Messias Bolsonaro reiterated illicit conduct more severely and acinintously and, in the act of disrespect to the precautionary measures imposed by this supreme cut, prepared “pre -made material” for later social networks of his children and political supporters, keeping the illicit messages by which precautionary measures had been imposed. This prohibition was expressly provided for in the court decision
Coordinated performance of children
Moraes mentions that Bolsonaro interacted with a demonstration in Copacabana through the publication of one of his children, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who later deleted the post. The magistrate also cites demonstration by Carlos and Eduardo Bolsonaro.
Not only that, Eduardo Nantes Bolsonaro’s lines directed to protesters, yesterday, also corroborate the coordinated performance of the children of Jair Messias Bolsonaro from messages of attacks on the Supreme Court with the obvious intention of interfering with the trial of AP 2.668/DF
Nikolas participation
The magistrate also cites federal deputy Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG) who, in the interpretation of Moraes, used connection with Bolsonaro to try to coerce the STF.
On the same date, 3/8/2025, the defendant answered a call by federal deputy video call, Nikolas Ferreira, an opportunity in which the parliamentarian used Jair Messias Bolsonaro to boost the messages given in the demonstration in an attempt to coerce the Supreme Court and obstruct justice and with broad knowledge of the precautionary measures imposed.
Disguised Bolsonaro
Through allies, therefore, the minister cites Bolsonaro’s “disguised” participation in the demonstrations, contrary to the precautionary measure imposed by him.
Jair Messias Bolsonaro’s disguised participation, preparing pre -manufactured material for disclosure in demonstrations and social networks, clearly demonstrated that he maintained the unlawful conduct of trying to coerce the Supreme Court and obstruct justice, in the blatant disrespect previously imposed measures imposed
Undoubtedly regarding non -compliance with precaution
The minister states that there is no doubt about the breach of the rule by Jair Bolsonaro.
There is no doubt that there was a non -compliance with the precautionary measure imposed on Jair Messias Bolsonaro, as the defendant produced material for publication on the social networks of his three children and all his followers and political supporters, with clear content of incentive and instigation to attacks on the Supreme Court and support, ostensible, to foreign intervention in the Brazilian Judiciary. The blatant disrespect for precautionary measures was so obvious that, repeating, the defendant’s own son, Senator Flavio Nantes Bolsonaro, decided to remove the post on his profile on the Instagram social network, with the purpose of omitting legal transgression
House arrest
Given the above, Moraes decrees house arrest, among other measures, and speaks of the possibility of preventive.
Given the above, pursuant to art. 21 of the Rules of Procedure of this Federal Supreme Court, in view of the repeated non -compliance with the precautionary measures imposed above decree the house arrest of Jair Messias Bolsonaro […]to be fully fulfilled at your residential address
