A Brazilian judge on Monday placed former president Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest for breaking a social media ban, escalating a dramatic standoff between the court and the politician, who is accused of plotting a coup.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro is on trial before the Supreme Court on charges he conspired with allies to violently overturn his 2022 electoral loss to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Brazil's Supreme Court ordered the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday as he awaits trial over an alleged coup plot to overturn his 2022 election loss, which the Trump ally denies.