Overview
- Jair Bolsonaro has been moved to a regular hospital room in Brasília as he recovers from pneumonia, and his doctor said there is no set discharge date.
- Attorney General Paulo Gonet urged that Bolsonaro serve his sentence at home with an ankle monitor, siding with requests from his family.
- Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who handled Bolsonaro’s coup case, has not ruled on the request, and he has often followed Gonet’s guidance in past matters.
- Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year sentence for leading a 2023 coup attempt, which he began serving in November.
- He was hospitalized on March 13 after falling ill at the Papuda penitentiary and was moved to semi-intensive care three days later.