BREAKING: Brazil’s Bolsonaro Is Indicted for First Time Over Alleged Falsification of His Own Vaccination Data – AP
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was formally accused Tuesday of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination status, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE March 19, 2024
SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was formally accused Tuesday of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination status, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader, with more allegations potentially in store.
The federal police indictment released by the Supreme Court alleged that Bolsonaro and 16 others inserted false information into a public health database to make it appear as though the then-president, his 12-year-old daughter and several others in his circle had received the COVID-19 vaccine.
Police detective Fábio Alvarez Shor, who signed the indictment, said in his report that Bolsonaro and his aides changed their vaccination records in order to “issue their respective (vaccination) certificates and use them to cheat current health restrictions.”
“The investigation found several false insertions between November 2021 and December 2022, and also many actions of using fraudulent documents,” Shor added. The detective said in the indictment that Bolsonaro’s aide-de-camp, Mauro Cid, told investigators the former president asked him to insert the false data into the system for both himself and his adolescent daughter.
If convicted for falsifying health data, the 68-year-old politician could spend up to 12 years behind bars or as little as two years, according to legal analyst Zilan Costa. The maximum jail time for a charge of criminal association is four years, he said.
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If we don't watch out, it will be 1000x times worse when the WHO takes over in May - if we don't prevent them taking over. WAKE UP, PEOPLE!! Get on the ball about calling the government and telling them, "NO!!"
Yeah, yeah... and we believe that OUR government officials have taken them?? Since it was UNCONSTITUTIONAL in the first place, I don't blame this person for refusing them, even if he lied. I know that many lied to be able to live freely. Glad I didn't even care!