Federal Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP) on Tuesday (9) celebrated a statement by White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt, who threatened countries considered by the US government as offenders of freedom of expression.
At a press conference, Leavitt stated that the United States are willing to adopt economic sanctions and even military measures to respond to governments that, in their view, repress the free manifestation.
The speech was made after questioning journalist Michael Shellenberger, who cited the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in the Supreme Federal Court (STF).
A few hours later, Eduardo shared in his X -account account (former Twitter) the video of the interview with a comment: “The world thanks.” In the same post, the deputy reinforced the proximity to the Trump administration, marking the president, the JD Vance and the White House spokesman.
The spokesman’s speech occurred on the same day that the first class of the Supreme Court entered the final phase of the trial of the so-called coup plot, which could condemn Bolsonaro and seven other defendants for the crimes of attempted coup, violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, criminal organization and qualified damage.
Trump himself had already publicly requested the immediate interruption of the trial, claiming that Bolsonaro would be the victim of political persecution.
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The White House linked the tariff hardening – with the 50% rate against Brazilian products – and the application of the magnitsky law against Minister Alexandre de Moraes to this narrative of defense of freedom of expression.
Eduardo Bolsonaro in US lobby
Since February, Eduardo has been in the United States articulating support from Republican parliamentarians and Trump administration. Your goal is to press Washington to keep the hard line against Brazilian authorities and prevent your father from being convicted and arrested.
According to reports from the Federal Police, part of this lobby included requests for sanctions and cancellation of visas of STF ministers, a movement that has had repercussion with the suspension of visas of eight court members.
