Trump called Brasília’s prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro for an alleged coup attempt a 'witch hunt.'

If implemented, the sanctions against supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes would dramatically escalate a widening feud between the United States and Brazil.

Tensions between the United States and Brazil are growing fast. At the center of it all is Alexandre de Moraes, a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, and Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro.

A son of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro is working closely with the White House to impose sanctions on the Brazilian Supreme Court judge set to preside over Bolsonaro's upcoming trial, the Washington Post reported on Thursday,

If found guilty, Bolsonaro could face up to 12 years in prison for the coup attempt, with additional years possible for other charges. The Supreme Court justices will soon decide whether to convict or acquit him.

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been accused of being the main actor behind "the most serious actions to destroy the democratic constitutional order," according to an indictment. A 517-page document from Brazil's Attorney General's Office,

Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro and a federal congressman currently on leave, said São Paulo Governor Tarcísio de Freitas was wrong to try to negotiate a solution to the 50% tariffs with the U.S. Embassy.

Brazil's Attorney General's Office (PGR) on Monday filed a request before Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven other defendants belonging to the so-called “group 1” of the Jan.