Former President Jair Bolsonaro mentioned on February 11 he intends to return to Brazil “within the following weeks”.

The remark throughout an occasion at an evangelical church in Florida was the primary time that Mr. Bolsonaro has made an announcement in public about returning dwelling.

The far-right politician has been within the U.S. since arriving in Orlando, Florida, on December 31, the eve of the inauguration of his leftist rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as Brazil’s present president.

Saturday’s occasion was held completely in Portuguese for a Brazilian crowd of Bolsonaro supporters residing overseas and was organized by the right-wing group Sure Brazil USA. Mr. Bolsonaro was cheered all through the occasion.

Hypothesis round return

There was hypothesis throughout current weeks on when Bolsonaro may return to Brazil, the place is the topic of a number of investigations into potential wrongdoing.

He initially entered the U.S. on a one-month diplomatic visa, which ended January 31. He was accompanied by a group of presidential advisers and his spouse, all of whom left Florida final month.

Legal professionals for Mr. Bolsonaro Advised Brazilian media not too long ago that they utilized for a vacationer visa to increase his keep within the U.S.

Amid the hypothesis about Mr. Bolsonaro’s plans, one in every of his sons, Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, advised Brazilian reporters that he didn’t know when his father would return. “It may very well be tomorrow, it may very well be in six months, he may by no means return. I don’t know. He’s stress-free,” the son mentioned.

Authorized scrutiny

For the primary time in his greater than three-decade political profession as a lawmaker after which as president, Mr. Bolsonaro not enjoys the particular authorized safety that requires any trial be held on the Supreme Court Docket.

Mr. Bolsonaro is being investigated in 4 inquiries, which had been within the Supreme Court docket and have been despatched to trial court docket this previous week.

Among the many inquiries is whether or not Mr. Bolsonaro had any position in inciting the January 8 riot by his supporters who stormed into authorities buildings within the capital, Brasilia, demanding his election defeat to Mr. Lula be overturned.

Investigators are additionally wanting into who organized and financed the mass gathering of Bolsonaro supporters, who got here to the capital from throughout Brazil.

One of many investigations held by the Brazilian justice is who’re those answerable for inciting the crimes, in addition to who financed individuals from all around the nation to journey to Brasilia.