By Gram Slattery

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on the wife of the judge who presided over the criminal case of right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro and also yanked the visas of six high-ranking officials, escalating a showdown between the Trump administration and the Brazilian government.

Widening the penalties targeting Brazil's judiciary, President Donald Trump's administration imposed sanctions on Viviane Barci de Moraes, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, under authorities provided by the Global Magnitsky Act, the U.S. Treasury Department said.

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It also imposed sanctions on the Lex Institute, a financial entity controlled by Barci de Moraes and other family members. The

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