STORY: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday (July 18) he never considered fleeing the country and that a top court imposing precautionary measures against him, including wearing an ankle bracelet, amounted to his "supreme humiliation."

Bolsonaro on Friday had his home searched by police, adding to legal pressure that U.S. President Donald Trump has tried to end by threatening a steep tariff on Brazilian goods.

Lawmakers from Bolsonaro's right-wing Liberal Party said Bolsonaro was banned from contacting key allies including his son Eduardo, a Brazilian congressman who has been lobbying in Washington to help his father. On social media, the lawmaker tied the latest court order to a video his father released on Thursday thanking Trump for his support.

CNN Brasil reported that the court orders targeting Bolsonaro had been motivated by the risk of him fleeing to the United States, which the former president denied.

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'I've never thought of leaving Brazil,' says Bolsonaro after leaving police facility

VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM BRAZIL'S FORMER PRESIDENT, JAIR BOLSONARO, AFTER HIS HOME WAS EARLIER SEARCHED BY POLICE

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS WHITE FLASHES

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1. BOLSONARO SURROUNDED BY MEDIA (NOT A SOUNDBITE)

2. WHITE FLASH

3. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZIL’S FORMER PRESIDENT, JAIR BOLSONARO, SAYING:

"I'm confined to Brasilia, wearing an ankle bracelet. They searched my house and found 7,000 reais and approximately 14,000 dollars, all with proper origins. It's a new investigation, and I'm also involved."

4. WHITE FLASH

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZIL’S FORMER PRESIDENT, JAIR BOLSONARO, SAYING:

"There's nothing concrete there, and the federal police themselves didn't pin me on January 8th. The Attorney General's Office went beyond what it saw in the investigation. There's no proof of anything, a coup on a Sunday, a coup without armed forces, without weapons."

6. WHITE FLASH

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZIL’S FORMER PRESIDENT, JAIR BOLSONARO, SAYING:

"Besides, I’ve never thought of leaving Brazil, I never thought about going to the embassy, but the precautionary measures were imposed because of that. I have (specific) time (I am allowed) to be on the streets."