Brazilian Police conclude Bolsonaro did not commit prevarication in the case of the Indian vaccine Covaxin

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian Federal Police concluded on Monday, January 31, that no crime of prevarication was identified by the president, Jair Bolsonaro, in not denouncing irregularities in the purchase of the Indian vaccine Covaxin.

The case was based on testimonies given during the Senate Commission of Inquiry that investigated Bolsonaro for his management of the pandemic and accused him of nine crimes, among them, crime against humanity.

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