Brazil prosecutor general decides not to charge Bolsonaro for vaccine records fraud


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  • Friday, 28 Mar 2025

FILE PHOTO: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro walks outside Congonhas airport as he arrives in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 24, 2025. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli/File Photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet decided not to charge former President Jair Bolsonaro with fraud in his vaccination records, asking the Supreme Court to throw out the case, a document showed on Thursday.

Gonet said he could not press charges against Bolsonaro based only on allegations from a plea-bargain deal with a former presidential aide, arguing he needed more evidence to support any charges.

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