Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro wearing a protective mask speaks with journalists, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Facing a criminal investigation that could oust him from office, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is courting political power brokers he once decried as corrupt in a bid to survive a crisis worsened by his handling of the coronavirus epidemic.
The dramatic resignation last month of Bolsonaro's star justice minister, who accused the far-right leader of seeking to meddle in police enquiries, prompted an investigation authorised by the Supreme Court, which may test the president's threadbare coalition.
