Brazil's Supreme Court on Friday rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro's appeal for it to reconsider a previous decision barring him from traveling to the U.S. to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes said in the ruling that Bolsonaro holds no position that would allow him to represent Brazil at the event.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro's defense filed a request late on Thursday with Brazil's highest court to urgently reconsider the decision to bar him from traveling to the United States to attend the U.

Former Brazilian president’s plans to attend ceremony are scuppered after supreme court rejects request to release his confiscated passport

Brazil's top court on Thursday refused to return the passport of right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro, who had hoped to attend next week's inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing criminal charges, has been invited to Trump's inauguration even though Brazil's government has confiscated his passport

BRASILIA: Former President Jair Bolsonaro’s defense filed a request late on Thursday with Brazil’s highest court

Ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, banned from leaving Brazil due to allegations he plotted a coup, has appealed to the Supreme Court to attend the Jan. 20 ceremony in Washington.

Brazil’s Supreme Court barred former President Jair Bolsonaro from leaving the country to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington on Monday.