During the pandemic, the anti-vax politician spent months sowing doubt about the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine and defiantly refused to get a shot.
Bolsonaro is also the subject of several investigations by Brazil’s electoral court into his actions during the presidential election campaign, particularly his unsubstantiated claims that the nation’s electronic voting system is susceptible to fraud. Those threaten to strip him of his political rights and render him unable to run for office in upcoming elections.
Cid, an army lieutenant colonel who has been Bolsonaro’s right-hand man, reportedly had not yet talked with investigators. One of the sets was seized at Sao Paulo airport, and reports have said Cid tried to intervene with authorities there in efforts to retrieve them on Bolsonaro’s behalf.
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