Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro responds as he stands at the ramp of the Planalto Palace, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) break out in Brasilia, Brazil April 27,2020 REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Supreme Court judge on Monday authorized an investigation of accusations that Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro tried to interfere in the work of the country’s federal police force for political motives, the top court said on its website.
Justice Celso de Mello provided the federal police 60 days to perform the investigation requested by Brazil’s chief public prosecutor Augusto Aras following the allegations made by former justice minister Sergio Moro, who resigned o