Lawmaker son of Brazil's Bolsonaro announces relocation to the US as father faces legal woes
By ELÉONORE HUGHES
Updated 4:51 PM CDT, March 18, 2025
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will step down from Congress and relocate to the U.S., where he will seek amnesty for those convicted in the Jan. 8 riot in Brazil ‘s capital, he said in a video published on social media Tuesday.
Bolsonaro’s third son Eduardo also said he will push for sanctions against Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is leading several investigations into his father’s actions, including allegations the far-right politician plotted a coup to stay in power after his election defeat in 2022 to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
“I will focus 100% of my time on this single cause: to seek justice,” Eduardo Bolsonaro said in the video.
Eduardo Bolsonaro has traveled multiple times to the U.S. since Donald Trump returned to office. He has sought to draw parallels between the judicial enquiries Trump faced following the attack on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021 and the legal problems his father is being confronted with.
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