shortly after the panel recommended those charges, he was endorsed for reelection by none other than donald trump, quote, brazil is lucky to have a man such as jair bolsonaro working for them, he is a great president i will never let the people of his great country down. jack nic covers the brazil for the new york times, where he s reported extensively on the recommended charges against bolsonaro. and he joins me tonight from real. jack, can you just give me a little bit of context, it s such a striking thing to hear. charged against crimes against humanity reprimanded. who wrote the report? how did it come about? and who is voting on it? what happens now? sure, it absolutely is extraordinary. this is a pretty unprecedented time we re living in, and this is one example of. it so this is a report that comes out of a six month investigation that was leading the nightly news throughout much of the summer here in brazil. there are a lot of eyes in this investigation and it was a special
commission to get to the bottom of how trump and everyone, all of the public health people allowed a pandemic to spiral so far out of control. now it looks like brazil might actually be approaching something like that. a brazilian senate panel has now recommended to has voted to recommend charging the sitting president of brazil, who s up for re-election, with crimes against humanity over his handling of the virus. they also recommended charges of inciting an epidemic as well as charlatanism for promoting hydroxychloroquine. shortly after they recommended those charges, he was endorsed for re-election by none other than donald trump. quote, brazil is lucky to have a man such as jair bolsonaro working for them. he is a great president and will never let the people of his great country down. jack covers brazil for the new york times where he s reported on the recommended charges