Brazil's Bolsonaro seeks court approval for prison visit by Trump adviser

Lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have asked the country's Supreme Court to allow Darren Beattie, who was recently tapped by the Trump administration for a senior advisory role overseeing Brazil, to visit him in prison next week, a document showed on Tuesday.



Bolsonaro began in November to serve a 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup against his successor, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who defeated him in the 2022 presidential election.



The former right-wing leader, who served as president between 2019 and 2022, was a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump during the period when both were in office.