By Ricardo Brito

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said late on Tuesday they formally requested his release from house arrest, saying he has not been charged under an investigation that led to his imprisonment last month.

Bolsonaro has been under house arrest since August for failing to comply with restraining orders related to his alleged courting of U.S. President Donald Trump to interfere in the case in which he was accused of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election. Bolsonaro was later convicted in the case and sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison.

Trump has called the case a “witch hunt” and retaliated by imposing steep tariffs on Brazil’s exports, sanctioning the judge overseeing the case against Bolsona

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