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March 24, 2026 - Rubin Report - Dave Rubin
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Exposing the Truth of Jair Bolsonaro’s Imprisonment | Eduardo Bolsonaro
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Eduardo Bolsonaro argues his father Jair's imprisonment is a politically motivated "coup d'état" by Brazil's communist leadership, citing dangerous jail conditions and comparing the situation to Donald Trump's post-January 6 treatment. He claims US officials like Bill Burns and Jake Sullivan orchestrated a $300 million misinformation campaign via USAID while alleging Supreme Court censorship orders against conservative users impacted 65% of voters. Ultimately, Eduardo asserts that if his father were free, he would easily win the October election, framing the detention as an existential threat to Brazilian democracy and American business interests. [Automatically generated summary]

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dave rubin
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eduardo bolsonaro
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Brazil's Father in Jail 00:04:52
dave rubin ▲ ● ▼
All right, Eduardo, it's a pleasure to be with you.
I saw on Twitter this morning a post that you put up about your father's health.
My audience knows a bit.
We've talked a bit about Brazil and your father and the subsequent election and some of the ways that perhaps it went sideways.
But before we talk about anything else, can you give us an update on his situation, his health, and why is he in jail in the first place?
Is that even clear to you?
eduardo bolsonaro ▲ ● ▼
Yeah, I think it's very unfair that he's in jail.
Usually for the American audience, I say that imagine how would be Trump's life if he did not get elected in 2024.
So this is our life.
So they not only jail you, they try to kill you.
Because by the Brazilian law, my father should be at least at house arrest, not in a regular jail.
And the problem of being in a regular jail is that, for example, what happened?
He usually has frequently hookups.
And sometimes he throw up.
And the problem is, if he throw up during hookups, the vomit goes to the slungs.
Then you have infection.
It happened at 2 a.m.
But the guard that didn't go to the jail and figured out that something was wrong, it was 7 a.m.
And after so much time, what the risk is that he gets a general infection.
So he literally almost died.
The doctor said one or two hours more, he would be in a moment that only 50% of the people survive because of the infection.
So he's recovering.
He's still not good.
He's still in a pretty bad condition, but at least recovering and having strong medicines.
That's why people are looking for that picture with he didn't wake up when my brother was there, you know, touching his head.
dave rubin ▲ ● ▼
Why is he in jail and being treated this way purely because of politics, do you think?
And the communist leader that is now in charge of your country?
unidentified
Yes.
eduardo bolsonaro ▲ ● ▼
They related him with the January 8th event that happened in 2023, just like you had January 6th.
So it's like Trump going to jail because he's connected with January 6th.
But in the Brazilian case, it's even worse because my father wasn't even in Brazil during January 8th.
He was in Orlando.
That's why I say this is the Disney World coup d'état.
You know, with unarmored people, not even one gun was seized at that day.
So it's literally a persecution.
But people are still, they're very supporting us.
And I can prove that by the polls that showing my brother Flavio, he's running for president.
We're going to have elections in October.
And he's leading the major polls.
I mean, if Bolsonaro, if my father was free, he would be easily the next president of Brazil.
But as he cannot run, he appointed my brother, who is a senator, and he's doing great in the polls.
And we expect that we can end with this nightmare by the end of this year.
dave rubin ▲ ● ▼
Yeah, how worried are you that things will get significantly worse in Brazil before the election?
eduardo bolsonaro ▲ ● ▼
Because things are different now since Trump took office.
unidentified
Why?
eduardo bolsonaro ▲ ● ▼
Because in the election that we lost, Biden sent a lot of people to Brazil, basically to Ferris to recognize the result of the elections.
Other way, they're going to sanction us.
So he did send Bill Burns from the CIA, NSA Jake Sullivan, Victoria Newland, Secretary of Defense, Mr. Lloyd Austin, and some others.
And you also have a lot of money coming from USAID.
During my father's administration, about a little bit more than $300 million did come from the U.S. to Brazil.
Part of it to fight misinformation, as you can imagine.
So now you don't have this anymore.
You have a Trump, a new cheriff in town, just like Jude Vance said in Munich.
And we are very happy with that.
So we have a hope that we can have a federal act, but we need the international community supporting and looking doing the fiscalization to make sure that we are going to have a clean and fair election.
Once we have it, I'm sure that we are going to win.
dave rubin ▲ ● ▼
So let me ask you just one other question to that point.
I mean, is there anything that you want from America?
Is there something that you want Donald Trump to do to ensure that?
Because, you know, communists are pretty good about taking elections, but then giving them up, not so great.
eduardo bolsonaro ▲ ● ▼
Yes, one of the things that it could do is make sure that American companies will not be censored in Brazil.
In 2022, you have secret orders coming from the Supreme Court, going to Twitter, Facebook, Google, to censor only conservative profiles, conservative users in the social media.
And that 65% of our voters get information through social media.
If we don't have it, they are going to beat us in the election.
So this is one thing that for sure I would ask President Trump to make sure that he's going to preserve the interests of the American companies' big attack in Brazil.
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dave rubin ▲ ● ▼
Well, good luck and we're wishing your father well.
unidentified
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
dave rubin ▲ ● ▼
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