From ‘jewel case’ to spying, former president faces multiple allegations of corruption and abuse of power
Onstage at a conservative political rally earlier this month, Jair Bolsonaro struck a defiant tone, telling a raucous crowd he would not back down in the face of multiple police investigations into his alleged misconduct in office. “Despite the federal police going to my house and my children’s houses three times and the 300 or so cases I am facing, it has been worth it,” he told the cheering audience. “We are not going to back down.
Among dozens allegedly targeted were supreme court justices, the speaker of the lower house of Congress, and prominent journalists. Police also claimed the spy agency sought to impede investigations into the former president’s son, Flávio Bolsonaro, a senator who had been accused of embezzling public money. The case against Flávio Bolsonaro was subsequently rejected by a court after much of the evidence was annulled over procedural mis-steps.
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