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Brazil's spy agency tried to disrupt probe of Bolsonaro's son, court documents say

FILE PHOTO: Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro attends a session of the Federal Senate in Brasilia, Brazil March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Abin spy agency was used to illegally monitor tax auditors who were investigating a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro in an attempt to disrupt the corruption probe, Supreme Court documents unsealed on Thursday showed.

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