News Wrap: Bolsonaro ordered to wear an ankle monitor
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🗓️ 18 July 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Begin the day's other headlines in Brazil, where the country Supreme Court has ordered former president Jayair Bolsonaro to wear an electronic ankle monitor. |
| 0:10.1 | In the capital, Brasilia today, federal police searched his home and his party's headquarters. |
| 0:15.0 | Bolsonaro is on trial for allegedly attempting a coup to overturn his 22 election loss. |
| 0:20.5 | The court also barred the 70-year-old from leaving his house at night and from communicating |
| 0:24.3 | with key allies. |
| 0:25.7 | That includes his son, Eduardo, who has been in the United States, lobbying the Trump |
| 0:30.4 | administration on his father's behalf. |
| 0:32.8 | Today, Bolsonaro called the measures a supreme humiliation. |
| 0:39.7 | There's nothing concrete there. |
| 0:41.9 | There's no proof of anything. |
| 0:43.5 | Besides, I've never thought of leaving Brazil. |
| 0:46.2 | I've never thought about going to the embassy. |
| 0:48.5 | But the precautionary measures were imposed because of that. |
| 0:52.0 | Bolsonaro also told the Reuters News Agency |
| 0:54.7 | that he thinks the court orders are in response |
| 0:57.5 | to President Trump's criticism of his trial. |
| 1:00.4 | Both men have called it a witch hunt, |
| 1:02.1 | and last week, Mr. Trump said he would impose |
| 1:04.6 | a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods, |
| 1:07.6 | tying them directly to Bolsonaro's legal problems. |
| 1:11.1 | At the White House today, President Trump signed into law the first major legislation aimed |
| 1:15.3 | at regulating cryptocurrencies. During an event in the East Room, Mr. Trump signed the |
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