PF seizes cell phone at Bolsonaro’s house; Former advisor Mauro Cid is arrested on suspicion of tampering with a vaccination card

The Federal Police (PF) informed, in a note, that it will analyze the material seized during the searches and carry out interrogations. According to the PF, there is evidence that vaccination cards for Mauro Cid, his wife, the former president Bolsonaro and the former first lady Michelle, would have been adulterated with information about vaccination doses that would not have been applied to the presidential family and the advisor. The alleged fraud would have been created so that the family and advisors could enter the United States, which required proof of vaccination against Covid-19.

“The false insertions, which occurred between November 2021 and December 2022, had the consequence of altering the truth about a legally relevant fact, namely, the beneficiaries’ condition of being immunized against Covid-19”, highlighted the PF.

“As a result, these people were able to issue their respective vaccination certificates and use them to circumvent the current health restrictions imposed by public authorities (Brazil and the United States) aimed at preventing the spread of contagious disease”, he added.

Bolsonaro denied that he had participated in any tampering with his vaccination card and stated that he was never vaccinated against Covid-19:

The PF, however, says that the objective of the group investigated – which includes the former president – ​​would be “to maintain cohesion the identity element in relation to its ideological agendas, in this case, to sustain the discourse aimed at attacks on vaccination against Covid- 19”.

The actions take place within the police investigation that investigates the activities of the so-called digital militias, currently being processed at the Federal Supreme Court (STF).

According to information from the UOL portal and G1, Jair Bolsonaro's cell phone was seized in the operation. When the PF arrived, the couple were at home at the time of the operation.

Bolsonaro later told Jovem Pan how the search and seizure of his home went:

(With Brazil Agency)

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