July 19 (River) – The Brazilian judge’s US visa, which supervised the criminal case for former Brazilian President Jirras Bolsonaro, was canceled on Friday four days after President Donald Trump called the former leader of the South American nation “Witch Hunt”.
State Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday announced a report.
“President Trump made it clear that his administration would have responsible foreign citizens responsible for the censorship of the protected expression in the US,” said Rubio’s report. “The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes political witch hunting against Jir Bolsonar has created a persecution and censorship complex that is so expanded that it not only violates the main Brazilian rights, but also covers the Brazilian coast.
“Therefore, I ordered the cancellations of Moraes and his Allied visas in court, as well as their immediate family members.”
Visa restriction policy is pursued in accordance with the Immigration and Nationality Act, which authorizes the state secretary to prevent anyone from coming to the United States “potentially serious negative foreign policy consequences”.
US President Donald Trump shifts his hands with Brazilian President Jarry Bolsonar at the United Press Conference in the White House Rose Garden in 2019. On 19 March Pat Benic/UPI file photo
Rubio said on Thursday, talking about diplomatic and consular posts, that public comments on foreign elections “should be short, oriented to greet the winner and, if necessary, marked with common political interests,” the New York Times reports a memorandum.
De Moraes often does not travel to the US, The Washington Post reported.
On Friday, De Moraes accused Bolsonar and his son Eduard’s conspiracy to encourage US hostilities against Brazil, telling the former president to wear an ankle bracelet. Bolsonaro was also banned from contacting foreign governments and prevented the use of social media.
The referee also investigates misinformation on the Internet and ordered the elimination of social media accounts that violate the Freedom of Word of Brazil. 2024. Elon Musk X recovered a $ 5 million fine in the country and imposed a new legal representative there.
Trump’s Social Media Company, Trump Media & Technology Group, filed a claim in February, accusing it with censoring conservative voices in social media.
The judge is in the Judicial Commission chaired by the Bolsonar trial to the Brazilian Supreme Court, which in February. Was accused of alleged coup.
Bolsonar was accused of trying to brutally maintain power after 2022. Election Loss of Louise Inacio Lula da Silva.
Lula, on Thursday night in speech, condemned the Bolsonar supporters, which he accused of a short date about “Witch Hunt.”
“They are true traitors of the homeland,” he said. “They don’t care about the country’s economy or the damage to our people.”
On Monday, Trump wrote a letter to Lulas, threatening 50% of imported goods to the tariff of how the Bolsonar was treated “and” unfair trade relationships. ” In the absence of an agreement, the new rate will take effect on August 1, he wrote.
Trump said “the way Brazil has treated former President Bolsonar, a highly respected leader worldwide, including the US, is an international shame. The trial should not take place. This is a witch hunt that should end immediately.”
The Trump also noted “insidious Brazilian attacks on free elections and the main rights of the American free speech.”
He then announced a “social” letter sent by Bolsonar on Thursday about his “terrible behavior that you get the illegal system directed against you” in the hands of the court immediately.
“My sincere hope that the Brazilian government is changing the course, stopping attacking political opponents and completing their funny censorship regime. I will be closely monitoring.”