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- The Advertiser
Brazil orders ex-president Bolsonaro under house arrest
Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the house arrest for the country's former president Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election. The case has gripped the South American country as it faces a trade war with the Trump administration. The trial is receiving renewed attention after US President Donald Trump directly tied a 50 per cent tariff on imported Brazilian goods to the judicial situation of Bolsonaro, a Trump ally. The US leader has called the proceedings a "witch hunt". Prosecutors accuse Bolsonaro of heading a criminal organisation that plotted to overturn the election, including plans to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and a Supreme Court justice, Alexandre de Moraes. Monday's order followed one from the top court in July that ordered Bolsonaro wear an electronic ankle monitor and imposed a curfew on his activities while the proceedings are under way. Justice Moraes, who oversees the case against Bolsonaro in the court, issued the order, saying in his decision that the 70-year-old far-right leader had violated the precautionary measures imposed on him by posting content on the social media channels of his three lawmaker sons. Moraes added that Bolsonaro, who governed Brazil between 2019 and 2022, has spread messages with "a clear content of encouragement and instigation to attacks against the Supreme Court and a blatant support for foreign intervention in the Brazilian Judiciary". Tens of thousands of Bolsonaro supporters took the streets in the cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, pleading for Brazil's congress to pardon him and hundreds of others who are under trial for their roles in the destruction of government buildings in capital Brasilia on January 8, 2023. The latest decision from the top court keeps Boslonaro under ankle monitoring, allows only family members and lawyers to visit him and seizes all mobile phones from his home. Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the house arrest for the country's former president Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election. The case has gripped the South American country as it faces a trade war with the Trump administration. The trial is receiving renewed attention after US President Donald Trump directly tied a 50 per cent tariff on imported Brazilian goods to the judicial situation of Bolsonaro, a Trump ally. The US leader has called the proceedings a "witch hunt". Prosecutors accuse Bolsonaro of heading a criminal organisation that plotted to overturn the election, including plans to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and a Supreme Court justice, Alexandre de Moraes. Monday's order followed one from the top court in July that ordered Bolsonaro wear an electronic ankle monitor and imposed a curfew on his activities while the proceedings are under way. Justice Moraes, who oversees the case against Bolsonaro in the court, issued the order, saying in his decision that the 70-year-old far-right leader had violated the precautionary measures imposed on him by posting content on the social media channels of his three lawmaker sons. Moraes added that Bolsonaro, who governed Brazil between 2019 and 2022, has spread messages with "a clear content of encouragement and instigation to attacks against the Supreme Court and a blatant support for foreign intervention in the Brazilian Judiciary". Tens of thousands of Bolsonaro supporters took the streets in the cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, pleading for Brazil's congress to pardon him and hundreds of others who are under trial for their roles in the destruction of government buildings in capital Brasilia on January 8, 2023. The latest decision from the top court keeps Boslonaro under ankle monitoring, allows only family members and lawyers to visit him and seizes all mobile phones from his home. Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the house arrest for the country's former president Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election. The case has gripped the South American country as it faces a trade war with the Trump administration. The trial is receiving renewed attention after US President Donald Trump directly tied a 50 per cent tariff on imported Brazilian goods to the judicial situation of Bolsonaro, a Trump ally. The US leader has called the proceedings a "witch hunt". Prosecutors accuse Bolsonaro of heading a criminal organisation that plotted to overturn the election, including plans to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and a Supreme Court justice, Alexandre de Moraes. Monday's order followed one from the top court in July that ordered Bolsonaro wear an electronic ankle monitor and imposed a curfew on his activities while the proceedings are under way. Justice Moraes, who oversees the case against Bolsonaro in the court, issued the order, saying in his decision that the 70-year-old far-right leader had violated the precautionary measures imposed on him by posting content on the social media channels of his three lawmaker sons. Moraes added that Bolsonaro, who governed Brazil between 2019 and 2022, has spread messages with "a clear content of encouragement and instigation to attacks against the Supreme Court and a blatant support for foreign intervention in the Brazilian Judiciary". Tens of thousands of Bolsonaro supporters took the streets in the cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, pleading for Brazil's congress to pardon him and hundreds of others who are under trial for their roles in the destruction of government buildings in capital Brasilia on January 8, 2023. The latest decision from the top court keeps Boslonaro under ankle monitoring, allows only family members and lawyers to visit him and seizes all mobile phones from his home. Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the house arrest for the country's former president Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election. The case has gripped the South American country as it faces a trade war with the Trump administration. The trial is receiving renewed attention after US President Donald Trump directly tied a 50 per cent tariff on imported Brazilian goods to the judicial situation of Bolsonaro, a Trump ally. The US leader has called the proceedings a "witch hunt". Prosecutors accuse Bolsonaro of heading a criminal organisation that plotted to overturn the election, including plans to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and a Supreme Court justice, Alexandre de Moraes. Monday's order followed one from the top court in July that ordered Bolsonaro wear an electronic ankle monitor and imposed a curfew on his activities while the proceedings are under way. Justice Moraes, who oversees the case against Bolsonaro in the court, issued the order, saying in his decision that the 70-year-old far-right leader had violated the precautionary measures imposed on him by posting content on the social media channels of his three lawmaker sons. Moraes added that Bolsonaro, who governed Brazil between 2019 and 2022, has spread messages with "a clear content of encouragement and instigation to attacks against the Supreme Court and a blatant support for foreign intervention in the Brazilian Judiciary". Tens of thousands of Bolsonaro supporters took the streets in the cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, pleading for Brazil's congress to pardon him and hundreds of others who are under trial for their roles in the destruction of government buildings in capital Brasilia on January 8, 2023. The latest decision from the top court keeps Boslonaro under ankle monitoring, allows only family members and lawyers to visit him and seizes all mobile phones from his home.
Sydney Morning Herald
an hour ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Murdochs launch California newspaper as they grapple with Trump
Amid a tense legal battle between United States President Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch, News Corp is launching a new right-wing tabloid in Los Angeles. Nick Papps, the weekend editor of Melbourne's The Herald Sun, will become the first editor-in-chief of The California Post, a new daily print product. The announcement comes just one year after Murdoch claimed print papers have as little as 15 years left. The New York Post Media Group announced the launch of the Post's West Coast counterpart overnight. News Corp's Australian boss Michael Miller confirmed Papps' move on Tuesday morning. ' The New York Post is going Hollywood,' the company said in a statement, adding that The California Post will bring the Post' s 'brand of fearless, common-sense journalism' and 'legendary headlines' when it launches next year. A new print product is a rare launch in the publishing industry. Last year, Murdoch predicted that print news has fewer than 15 years remaining, with circulation and print advertising both in structural decline. Loading The paper bragged about its influence in its announcement, stating that President Trump keeps a framed copy of the newspaper's front page outside the Oval Office. Murdoch, global News Corp boss Robert Thomson and the company are facing a legal battle with Trump, after the president sued the Wall Street Journal over a story it published in July, detailing a personal letter with a racy drawing allegedly sent by Trump to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein two decades ago. Trump has sought to have the 94-year-old Murdoch forced to answer questions under oath within weeks, arguing his age and health could rule him out of appearing at any trial, when it comes.
The Age
an hour ago
- The Age
Murdochs launch California newspaper as they grapple with Trump
Amid a tense legal battle between United States President Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch, News Corp is launching a new right-wing tabloid in Los Angeles. Nick Papps, the weekend editor of Melbourne's The Herald Sun, will become the first editor-in-chief of The California Post, a new daily print product. The announcement comes just one year after Murdoch claimed print papers have as little as 15 years left. The New York Post Media Group announced the launch of the Post's West Coast counterpart overnight. News Corp's Australian boss Michael Miller confirmed Papps' move on Tuesday morning. ' The New York Post is going Hollywood,' the company said in a statement, adding that The California Post will bring the Post' s 'brand of fearless, common-sense journalism' and 'legendary headlines' when it launches next year. A new print product is a rare launch in the publishing industry. Last year, Murdoch predicted that print news has fewer than 15 years remaining, with circulation and print advertising both in structural decline. Loading The paper bragged about its influence in its announcement, stating that President Trump keeps a framed copy of the newspaper's front page outside the Oval Office. Murdoch, global News Corp boss Robert Thomson and the company are facing a legal battle with Trump, after the president sued the Wall Street Journal over a story it published in July, detailing a personal letter with a racy drawing allegedly sent by Trump to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein two decades ago. Trump has sought to have the 94-year-old Murdoch forced to answer questions under oath within weeks, arguing his age and health could rule him out of appearing at any trial, when it comes.
