Brazil s Bolsonaro asks Senate to impeach a Supreme Court justice reuters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reuters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro raised the stakes in his battle with the country s Supreme Court on Friday, sending the Senate a request for the impeachment of one of its justices, according to the request seen by Reuters. Bolsonaro is seeking to impeach Justice Alexandre de Moraes after he opened an investigation into the president for allegedly leaking to the media a secret federal police report of a hacking that backed up his views that Brazil s electronic voting system was vulnerable to fraud. Moraes has also begun investigating Bolsonaro for his attacks on the Supreme Electoral Court, which has maintained that the electronic system is safe and can be audited. The president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, told reporters he will look at the request, but said he does not see political or technical grounds to impeach Moraes. The Supreme Court rejected Bolsonaro s request in a statement that it does not tolerate a magistrate being accused for his decisio
BRASILIA: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro drew criticism on Tuesday (Aug 10) for presiding over a military parade outside the presidential palace, a show of strength as he fends off sinking popularity and a raft of investigations.
Smiling with military top brass at his side, the far-right leader stood a
No tampering with elections or election results , was the message from US president Joe Biden administration to Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro, according to Sao Paulo media following the visit last week of US national security advisor, Jake Sullivan.
Brazil s Bolsonaro flexes muscles with military parade rfi.fr - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rfi.fr Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.