Eduardo Bolsonaro and Paulo Figueiredo have asked officials in the United States to impose sanctions on justices of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF), according to Poder360. The request was made in the US, the outlet reports.
CNN Brasil reported that Eduardo Bolsonaro specifically asked the team of US President Donald Trump to sanction justices Alexandre de Moraes, Gilmar Mendes and Flávio Dino. Poder360's headline referred to the targets only as STF ministers.
The push drew a response from Dino, according to UOL Notícias, which reported that he said an environment of illegitimate pressure should be met with indignation.
The outlets frame the request as part of a broader strain around the court. Gazeta do Povo reported that a crisis at the STF could put its justices in the path of US sanctions.
In a separate statement, Eduardo Bolsonaro said he would use an STF trial as a basis for seeking further US sanctions against Brazil, VEJA reported.
The reporting does not specify which US officials received the request, what form the proposed sanctions would take, or whether Washington has responded. No decision by US authorities has been reported.
What to watch next: whether the Trump administration acts on the request, and how the STF and the Brazilian government respond.