Brazil’s Federal Police formally accused former president Jair Bolsonaro and his son, congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, of attempting to coerce the Supreme Federal Court as it prepares to try the pair over the 2023 coup plot. Newly released investigative documents also show that between March 2023 and February 2024 more than R$30.6 million (about US$5.6 million) moved through the ex-president’s personal accounts, almost R$20 million of it arriving in some 1.2 million Pix micro-payments from supporters. Investigators say the sequence of deposits, withdrawals and investment transfers constitutes “strong indications” of money-laundering. They further allege that Eduardo Bolsonaro routed funds through an account in his wife’s name to shield assets from possible judicial freezes. In a filing delivered minutes before a 48-hour deadline set by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the defence denied any breach of precautionary measures and labelled the police report political. The probe has widened to Bolsonaro’s entourage. Evangelical leader Silas Malafaia had his mobile phone and passport seized after audio surfaced of him urging Bolsonaro to ignore court orders. Separately, the Supreme Federal Court condemned lawmaker Carla Zambelli, a prominent Bolsonaro ally, to five years and three months for illegal gun possession and intimidation during the 2022 election campaign. The escalating legal pressure comes as the Supreme Court readies a trial opening on 2 September that could jail Bolsonaro for up to 40 years if he is found to have led the failed coup attempt. Parallel to the criminal investigations, Justices Flávio Dino and Alexandre de Moraes warned that domestic lenders risk sanctions in Brazil if they comply with new U.S. Magnitsky Act penalties targeting Brazilian officials, leaving the country’s banks caught between conflicting jurisdictions.