Brazil’s Bolsonaro slams supreme court over ‘fake news’ probe
As Covid-19 runs amok in his country, the president decries the courts wanting to ‘remove the media that I have in my favour’
28 May 2020 - 18:21
Brasília — President Jair Bolsonaro slammed Brazil’s supreme court on Thursday for investigating an alleged disinformation and intimidation campaign involving his supporters, as a political crisis mushrooms amid the country’s accelerating Covid-19 outbreak.
In his escalating confrontation with the top court, Bolsonaro said it was unacceptable that a judge had approved police raids on Wednesday into the homes of business leaders, bloggers and lawmakers accused of spreading lies and threatening foes...
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