Walter Braga Netto, a close ally of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, is under federal investigation for alleged equipment procurement irregularities, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
Braga Netto, a former army general who led a military intervention to tackle crime in Rio de Janeiro state, joined Bolsonaro's administration as his chief of staff and later defense minister. He then resigned from that post to join Bolsonaro's ticket as his running mate in the 2022 election, which was narrowly won by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Braga Netto said the invention office contracts followed Brazilian law and that the contract to buy the vests was suspended by his office after it found "suspected irregularities" in the documentation. The vests were never purchased or delivered, he added. A number of criminal probes have beset Bolsonaro and his allies, threatening to land the ex-leader in jail. Bolsonaro has already been ruled politically ineligible until 2030 by Brazil's federal electoral court.
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