Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro, prompting swift condemnation from the Trump administration.

FileBrazilian authorities placed former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest Monday.The move could likely stoke tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump, who recently tied new tariffs on Brazilian goods to what he called a "witch hunt" against Bolsonaro,

The ruling comes a month after Brazil’s top court ordered the former president to wear an ankle monitor, submit to a curfew and abide by limitations on his activity as legal proceedings investigating an alleged coup plot continue.