Brazil’s federal police said messages found on the telephone of former President Jair Bolsonaro showed he once wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum, according to documents seen Wednesday by The Associated Press.

Brazilian federal police have accused former president Jair Bolsonaro of receiving large sums of money without clear justification between March 2023 and February 2024, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press (AP).

By Ricardo Brito and Luciana Magalhaes BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro drafted a letter to Argentine President Javier Milei to request political asylum, federal police said on Wednesday,

Lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro expressed surprise Thursday at the federal police's decision to formally accuse him of obstruction of justice less than two weeks ahead of the verdict and sentencing phase of his trial over a reported coup plot.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Former President Jair Bolsonaro temporarily left house arrest Saturday to undergo medical exams in Brasilia, after a judge authorized him to spend six to eight hours at a hospital.

SAO PAULO -- Lawyers for Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro denied coup charges against him during their final defense in a Supreme Court trial over his alleged attempt to stay in power after losing the 2022 election to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro left his home where he is under house arrest to undergo medical exams on Saturday, weeks before the Supreme Court rules whether he is guilty of plotting a coup.Brazil's Supreme Court will begin deciding on September 2 on the coup attempt charges against Bolsonaro,

The court said the five-justice panel that heard the right-wing leader's case will deliver verdicts and sentences on the five counts against him from Sept. 2 to 12.