President Donald Trump’s media company has sued a Brazilian Supreme Court justice. The complaint filed in Tampa federal court accuses Justice Alexandre Moraes of violating U.S. free speech protections when he imposed a ban on a right-wing supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

President Donald Trump’s media company is suing a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice in an unusual case that ties in first amendment rights, international law, and internal Brazilian politics.

The lawsuit came hours after the justice received an indictment of Brazil’s former president, who is an ally of President Trump.

Brazil's attorney general has charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting to lead a coup involving more than two dozen people following his 2022 election loss.

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged in connection with an alleged coup plot to overturn the results of the 2022 election and keep his opponent from taking power, according to documents filed by prosecutors Tuesday evening.

Brazil’s prosecutor-general on Tuesday formally charged Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, in a plot that included a plan to poison his successor and kill a Supreme Court judge.

The companies said Justice Alexandre de Moraes’s gag orders to ban accounts violated U.S. sovereignty and its free-speech protections.

Brazilian prosecutors presented a streamlined version of charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro this week over a plot to overturn his 2022 electoral loss, which could boost the chances of a final ruling before next year's elections.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that if charges against his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro in a 2022 coup plot are proven true, he should be imprisoned. Bolsonaro earlier this week was charged by Brazil's top prosecutor with leading a "criminal organization" aiming to overthrow the country's democracy after he lost the 2022 election to Lula,