"It is not unprecedented for a campaign committee to pay legal fees," Torchinsky says. "But the issue is that Trump is a federal candidate, with a third party to pay his legal bills, that really do amount to a gift to the candidate that exceeds federal contribution limits."

A spokesman for Ye has said that Ms. Kutti was not working for him at the time of her meeting with Ms. Freeman.

Prosecutors have said Ms. Kutti’s meeting with Ms. Freeman was part of a plot to get her to falsely confess to election fraud, and court records show that a special grand jury has sought testimony from Ms. Kutti.

An earlier version of this article misstated a condition to apply for a pardon in Georgia. Felons are not eligible to apply for a pardon until at least five years after they complete their sentences (unless they are otherwise able to prove their innocence), not five years after they start serving those sentences.

He now faces criminal charges in Fulton County, Ga., where a grand jury there accused him and his allies of illegally trying to overturn Georgia’s results in the 2020 presidential election. It is his fourth indictment this year.

[51] He also promised more austerity measures and cuts in government spending, but had difficulty naming the areas where he would make cuts. He also said he would work to diminish the federal government's size and bureaucracy by enacting a wide variety of deregulation measures.[52] Bolsonaro's promises to restore security amid record high crime and to stamp out Brazil's rampant political corruption won him huge popular support.[53] In October, he announced he would name Paulo Guedes, a liberal economist, as his finance minister.[54]

But in Georgia, where Mr. Trump and 18 co-defendants were indicted on Monday, state courts typically permit cameras in the courtroom. That means the sprawling conspiracy case could present the best opportunity for the public to watch the legal proceedings unfold.

As he gears up to prosecute a former president, the biography of Mr. Wade on his law firm’s website still promotes his capabilities in far more common legal scenarios.

On 29 September, a month after the attack, Bolsonaro was released from the hospital and returned to his home in Rio do Janeiro. His condition prevented him from returning to the campaign trail for the remainder of the first round of the presidential election.[97] The first federal police investigation into the attack concluded that the attacker acted alone, but the investigation "leaves out many issues".

The amount of time he spends outside, the exuberance of his fan base and the number and size of rallies are among difficulties.

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[136] In the same month, a scandal dubbed "vaccine-gate" emerged. After months of denying offers of vaccines and bartering the costs, Bolsonaro's government made a deal to buy the unapproved Covaxin vaccine from the Indian company Bharat Biotech at a very high price.[137] It was found that the government allegedly paid ten times the amount agreed by Bharat Biotech for the vaccine[138] and that the irregularities were not found in the prices of the vlogdolisboa vaccines, but in a payment of $45 million to a company in Singapore.[139] In response, the Brazilian Supreme Court authorized a criminal investigation of Bolsonaro.[140]