{"id":14599,"date":"2026-03-10T23:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=14599"},"modified":"2026-03-10T23:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:29:00","slug":"brazils-jair-bolsonaro-seeks-court-approval-for-visit-from-trump-official-donald-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=14599","title":{"rendered":"Brazil\u2019s Jair Bolsonaro seeks court approval for visit from Trump official | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Lawyers for Bolsonaro have petitioned for Trump adviser Darren Beattie to meet the ex-president in his prison in Brasilia.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">3 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have asked the country\u2019s Supreme Court to approve visits from Darren Beattie, a far-right adviser for the administration of United States President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>A court filing revealed on Tuesday showed that Bolsonaro\u2019s lawyers were seeking to arrange a meeting with Beattie next week, either on March 16 or 17, during normal visiting hours.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cExceptional authorisation is requested so that the visit can take place on March 16, in the afternoon, or on March 17, in the morning or early afternoon,\u201d the filing says.<\/p>\n<p>The petition also requests that an interpreter be present for the meeting, given that Bolsonaro does not speak fluent English. The request was first reported by the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year prison sentence for attempting to overturn his defeat in Brazil\u2019s 2022 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The 70-year-old had been the incumbent in the race, and prosecutors accused him of plotting with military officials to overthrow the democratic rule of law, among other charges.<\/p>\n<p>He was convicted last September and has been in prison since November, after his appeal was denied.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s request has raised eyebrows among Bolsonaro\u2019s critics, who have accused the ex-president of using his ties to Trump to attempt to sway his legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has previously railed against Bolsonaro\u2019s legal prosecution, calling it a political witch-hunt and comparing it with his own legal woes in the US.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Trump raised tariffs on certain Brazilian exports to 50 percent, citing Bolsonaro\u2019s prosecution as a motive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis trial should not be taking place. It is a Witch Hunt that should end IMMEDIATELY,\u201d he wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114825119138468153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> announcing the tariffs, which were some of the highest in the world at the time.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump has since enjoyed improving relations with Brazil\u2019s leftist president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Bolsonaro\u2019s rival in the 2022 race.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil is slated to elect a new president in October, and Bolsonaro continues to be a powerful figure in the country\u2019s right wing.<\/p>\n<p>His eldest son, Flavio Bolsonaro, announced his candidacy \u2013 with his father\u2019s support \u2013 in December, and is slated to face Lula, who is seeking a fourth term.<\/p>\n<p>A Datafolha poll in March suggested that Flavio Bolsonaro is narrowing the gap with Lula, who is the race\u2019s frontrunner. Forty-six percent of respondents backed Lula, and 43 percent supported the younger Bolsonaro.<\/p>\n<p>Flavio Bolsonaro and his siblings have continued to petition for their father\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>Flavio, for instance, suggested that the \u201cprice\u201d to rescind his candidacy would be his father\u2019s freedom, though he later retracted the statement.<\/p>\n<p>His brother Eduardo Bolsonaro, meanwhile, is facing trial on charges of obstruction of justice, with prosecutors citing his attempts to petition Trump for help in his father\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p>Beattie, the Trump administration representative, has signalled he is sympathetic to the Bolsonaro family\u2019s appeals.<\/p>\n<p>An outspoken critic of the Brazilian government, Beattie has called Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes \u201cthe key architect of the censorship and persecution complex directed against Bolsonaro\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He had served during Trump\u2019s first term as an aide, but was fired in 2018 when reports surfaced that he had attended a white nationalist conference two years earlier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyers for Bolsonaro have petitioned for Trump adviser Darren Beattie to meet the ex-president in his prison in Brasilia. 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