Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro blamed a “psychotic attack” for taking a soldering iron to his ankle monitor, according to The Guardian. The devoted Donald Trump ally, 70, was sentenced in September to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup against his political enemies between 2022 and 2023. He was arrested at home after authorities detected that his device had been tampered with the day before, deeming him a flight risk. A judge issued a warrant for his arrest on the suspicion that he was planning to make a break for a foreign embassy in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, where he’s been living in a rented mansion. The Guardian reports Bolsonaro was expected to be sent to prison in the coming days and was under house arrest pending appeals. The former right-wing leader made claim

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