Tens of thousands of supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro took the streets on the country's Independence Day, calling out against the Supreme Court trial that is scheduled to give a verdict against their leader in an alleged coup plot this week.

Police say they have found a document on Jair Bolsonaro's mobile phone which suggests he planned to evade criminal proceedings by seeking asylum in Argentina. They also accuse Eduardo Bolsonaro of lobbying the Trump administration on behalf of his father - which they say led to the US imposing punitive tariffs on Brazilian goods.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was given some respite on Wednesday after a Supreme Court justice voted to acquit him from all charges in his alleged coup trial. But the