BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday briefly left his home in Brasilia where he is under house arrest to undergo a medical procedure at a nearby hospital, his first public appearance since he was handed a 27-year-long prison sentence.

On Thursday, a panel of Supreme Court justices ruled that Mr. Bolsonaro had attempted a coup and tried to illegally hang onto power despite his 2022 electoral defeat to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Escorted by police, Mr. Bolsonaro went to the DF Star hospital in Brazil's capital in the morning for procedures related to skin lesions — a temporary release granted by Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Sept. 8.

He was later discharged, doctors from the hospital said in a statement. Medical staff removed eight skin

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