BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s federal police served on Friday search warrants at former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home and the headquarters of his Liberal Party, Bolsonaro’s press office said.
Police in a statement said they had served warrants ordered by the country’s Supreme Court, but did not name Bolsonaro.
U.S. President Donald Trump has pressed Brazil to stop a legal case against Bolsonaro, saying that his former ally was the victim of a “witch hunt”.
Bolsonaro, who was friendly with Trump when they were both in office, is on trial before Brazil’s Supreme Court on charges of plotting a coup to stop President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office in January 2023.
(Reporting by Luciana Magalhaes; editing by Barbara Lewis and Brad Haynes)
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