His most noteworthy act is leading the prosecution of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s far-right former president and ally of Donald Trump, who will soon stand trial on charges of plotting a coup to overturn an election he lost in 2022,

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to impose his threatened 50% tariffs on Brazil, setting a legal rationale that Brazil’s policies and criminal prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro constitute an economic emergency under a 1977 law.

Trump had threatened to impose a 50 percent tariff on Brazil beginning Friday if the country did not drop the charges against Bolsonaro. But he acted earlier, signing an executive order on the new tariffs yesterday.