Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the house arrest for the country's former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election — a case that has gripped the South American country as it faces a trade war with the Trump administration.

Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro, prompting swift condemnation from the Trump administration.

The house arrest of Jair Bolsonaro has irritated justices of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court and left Alexandre de Moraes isolated within the court. Justices who are not part of the panel judging the former president in the First Chamber, as well as some who are, consider the decision excessive and legally unsustainable.