Brazil's top court tosses out probe into Bolsonaro's vaccine records
- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will not face charges for allegedly falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination status, according to Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet's decision.
- Brazil's Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet decided not to charge Bolsonaro for falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination status, stating insufficient evidence was found against him in the federal police investigation.
- Federal police claimed Bolsonaro and 16 others inserted false information into a health database to show he and his daughter had received the vaccine.
- Bolsonaro has consistently denied any wrongdoing, despite allegations of flouting health restrictions during the pandemic.
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Prosecution wants vax certificate case against Bolsonaro dropped
Brazil's Attorney General Paulo Gonet requested the shelving of an investigation into former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's alleged fraud in his Covid-19 vaccination records. The prosecution concluded there was insufficient evidence to prove Bolsonaro instructed his aide, Mauro Cid, to falsify vaccination data in the Health Ministry's system, despite the former aide-de-camp claims in a plea bargain. As per Brazilian law, corroborating evide


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

Brazilian prosecutor tosses ex-President Bolsonaro's COVID-19 vaccine status case
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has scored a legal win after the country’s prosecutor-general tossed a federal police investigation that accused him of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination status.
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