Former Top Bolsonaro Aide Will Testify Against Him

Reuters reports:

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Saturday authorized a cooperation deal between former President Jair Bolsonaro’s former aide and the country’s Federal Police, tightening the vice on the ex-leader who faces multiple criminal probes that could land him in jail. He has already been ruled politically ineligible until 2030 by Brazil’s federal electoral court. The aide, Mauro Cid, has been at the center of various investigations into the former president, including allegations of falsified vaccination records and a scheme to sell off expensive jewels given to the Bolsonaro administration.

Read the full article. In early January, Balsonaro’s supporters stormed federal buildings in Brazil’s capital in an uprising clearly patterned Trump’s insurrectionists.

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— Reuters (@Reuters) September 9, 2023