The former Brazilian president had spent years inveighing against the coronavirus vaccine and had sworn off ever receiving one.
Then-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, right, prepares to give a statement at the Alvorada Palace in Brasília on Nov. 1, 2022, after losing reelection. RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian police have accused former president Jair Bolsonaro of fraud and criminal association, authorities said Tuesday morning, alleging that he colluded with others to fabricate his vaccination card shortly before entering the United States in late 2022.
Bolsonaro, who has denied that he falsified his vaccine card, has not yet commented on Tuesday’s allegations. His attorney, Fabio Wajngarten, defended him on the social media platform X. He called the police case “absurd” and alleged “political prosecution.” But Wajngarten did not directly address the allegations.“While he was president, he was totally exempt from presenting any type of certification on his trips,” the attorney said.
But the Brazilian Foreign Ministry told The Washington Post in May that Bolsonaro, who was still president at the time of his entry into the United States, was not on official state business. No diplomatic meeting had been scheduled.
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