Why is Bolsonaro the target of PF action? Understand the operation under suspicion of fraud

What was the reason for the search and seizure operation at Jair Bolsonaro's house?

• According to information from the PF, Jair Bolsonaro and his advisors are suspected of involvement in falsifying Covid-19 vaccination data;
• The former order advisor, colonel Mauro Cid, he was arrested on these suspicions, which would also involve employees of the city hall of Duque de Caxias, in Baixada Fluminense; In total 6 people were arrested;
• According to investigations, at the end of last year, vaccination records were released for Bolsonaro, his daughter, Mauro Cid, the wife and daughter of the former advisor, in the Ministry of Health system; ⤵️

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• The PF believes that, in order to enter the USA, it was necessary to issue these false vaccination certificates for doses that were not administered to those involved. However, these certificates would have been used to circumvent the health restrictions imposed by Brazil and the North American government in the midst of the pandemic.

What's on Bolsonaro's vaccination card?

• There are two immunization records of Jair Bolsonaro on the ex-president's vaccination card: the first, ssupposedly applied on August 13, 2022 at the Municipal Health Center of Duke of Caxias (RJ); the second, sallegedly applied on October 14th, in the same health establishment (information from TV Globo investigations);
• After Bolsonaro and his daughter Laura's vaccination record was released on ConecteSUS, on December 21, it was possible to generate proof of immunization. The data, however, was removed from the system on the 27th of the same month.

What did Bolsonaro say about the operation?

• In a press conference outside his home this Wednesday (03), Jair Bolsonaro stated that he had never been vaccinated against Covid-19, and also reaffirmed that his daughter, Laura Bolsonaro, aged 12, was also not vaccinated;
• The former president denied that he had defrauded any vaccination records, but did not explain how he managed to enter the US with his family without taking the vaccine.

What points does Bolsonaro need to explain to investigators?

• Why are there vaccination records in his card – released and removed from ConecteSus – if he claims not to have been vaccinated against Covid-19?
• If he never got vaccinated, like his daughter, how did they manage to enter the United States?
• What proof of vaccination was presented to the authorities in that country?
• Why were his and his daughter's vaccination records deleted from ConecteSus?

Bolsonaro would have been heard by the Federal Police this Wednesday, but the hearing was canceled at the request of the former president's defense

Where did the order for the operation come from and what crimes were being investigated?

• The investigation began at the Federal Police, in January of this year, after access to the former president's vaccination card, which had placed 100 years of secrecy around the document;
• The operation was authorized by the Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Alexandre de Moraes, within the “digital militias” investigation being processed by the STF;
• There is evidence of crimes involving violation of preventive health measures, criminal association, insertion of false data into information systems and corruption of minors;
• The former president, Bolsonaro, had his cell phone seized. Former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro was not the target of search and seizure. Michelle Bolsonaro was vaccinated in 2021, in the United States, as she herself confirmed this Wednesday, on social media.

Who are the others involved in the suspicious scheme?

• the sergeant Luis Marcos dos Reis, who was on Mauro Cid’s team;
• former Army major Ailton Gonçalves Moraes Barros;
• the military policeman Max Guilherme, who worked in presidential security;
• the Army soldier Sergio Cordeiro, who also worked in Bolsonaro’s personal protection;
• the municipal secretary of the Government of Duque de Caxias (RJ), João Carlos de Sousa Brecha

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