Brazil’s Supreme Court has denied a request by former President Jair Bolsonaro to temporarily restore his passport so he could attend the inauguration in Washington of U.S.

Brazil's Supreme Court on Friday rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro's appeal for it to reconsider a previous decision barring him from traveling to the U.S. to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

Ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, banned from leaving Brazil due to allegations he plotted a coup, has appealed to the Supreme Court to attend the Jan. 20 ceremony in Washington.

Brazil's top court on Thursday refused to return the passport of right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro, who had hoped to attend next week's inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing criminal charges, has been invited to Trump's inauguration even though Brazil's government has confiscated his passport

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he has been invited to the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 and is seeking to obtain the return of his passport, confiscated last year amid a probe into an attempted coup in 2023.

Top court cites escape concerns about Jair Bolsonaro, who has been indicted for attempted coup - Anadolu Ajansı

Bolsonaro said his lawyer has already made a request to get his passport back so he could “attend this honorable and important historical event.”

Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro's request to have his passport returned so he could travel to the United States to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration,

Brazil’s Supreme Court barred former President Jair Bolsonaro from leaving the country to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington on Monday.