By Ricardo Brito and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro faced mounting legal pressure on Friday, as ...
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Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain, narrowly missed re-election last year. He has faced the prospect of legal jeopardy since his baseless claims of electoral fraud sparked an election denial movement after the October victory by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the current president. Thousands of Bolsonaro's supporters invaded Brazilia government buildings on Jan. 8.
Supreme Court Justive Alexandre de Moraes has authorized the breaking of Bolsonaro and his wife Michelle's confidential phone and bank records, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. The ruling, first reported by local media on Thursday night, will give police greater ability to investigate the multiple allegations of wrongdoing Bolsonaro faces."Why break my banking and tax secrecy? Just ask me!" Michelle Bolsonaro posted on Instagram on Friday.
On Thursday morning, in a televised congressional probe into the Jan. 8 insurrection, a computer programmer told lawmakers that Bolsonaro last year asked him to tamper with an electronic voting machine to undermine faith in the electoral system.
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