Brazil’s Top Court Authorizes Bolsonaro Probe Related to Vaccines
- Authorization comes after request from prosecutor’s office
- Ally had warned of corruption related to Covaxin purchase
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Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Rosa Weber authorized the start of an investigation into President Jair Bolsonaro for possible negligence in the handling of corruption allegations related to the purchase of vaccines from India.
The authorization was published on the top court’s website on Saturday, a day after the prosecutor general office’s request to investigate the president following the federal government’s erratic response to the pandemic.