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The federal police indict- ment released by the Su- preme Court alleged that Bolsonaro and 16 others in- serted false information into a public health database to make it appear as though the then-president, his 12-year-old daughter and several others in his circle had received the COVID-19 vaccine. Police detective Al- varez Shor, who signed the indictment, said in his re- port that Bolsonaro and his aides changed their vacci- nation records in order to their respective (vac- cination) certificates and use them to cheat current health investigation found several false insertions be- tween November 2021 and Supreme Court. The case well as charge them with punishable by life impris- December 2022, and also stems from one of sever- treason, insurrection, espi- onment. Lesser offenses, many actions of using fraud- al investigations targeting onage, and disclosing state including the possession ulent Shor Bolsonaro, who governed secrets, among others. added.
The detective said in the indictment that Wajngarten, called his cli- imposed in 2020, which has sions allow criminal prose- aide-de-camp, Mauro Cid, indictment already largely silenced op- cutions for acts committed told investigators the for- and said he did not have ac- position voices in the finan- anywhere in the world. mer president asked him to cess to it. insert the false data into the system for both himself and he was completely exempt- civil liberties that Beijing the morning he believed all his adolescent daughter. Cid ed from showing any kind of promised to preserve for lawmakers were honored also said he delivered the certificate on his trips. This 50 years when the former to have taken part in this vaccination certificates to is political persecution and British colony returned to Council Bolsonaro personally.
During the pandemic, Bol- mous political capital that sonaro was one of the few has only Wajngar- world leaders who railed ten said. against the vaccine. He openly flouted health re- nied any wrongdoing during strictions and encouraged questioning in May 2023. other Brazilians to follow his example. His administration and his aides of tampering ignored several offers from with the health pharmaceutical company database shortly before he Pfizer to sell Brazil tens of traveled to the U.S.
in De- millions of shots in 2020, and cember 2022, two months af- he openly criticized a move ter he lost his reelection bid by Sao Paulo gover- to Luiz Lula da Silva. nor to buy vaccines from Chinese company Sinovac icate of vaccination to enter when no other doses were the U.S., where he remained available. prosecutor-gener- and the first months of Lu- Police officers stand guard Tuesday outside the Legislative office will have the final term. The former presi- Council in Hong Kong. Hong lawmakers met in a say on whether to use the dent has repeatedly said he special session to resume debate on a proposed national indictment to file charges has never taken a COVID-19 security law, paving the way to grant the government more against Bolsonaro at the vaccine.
from 2019 to 2022. lawyer, ilar security law Beijing years in jail. Some provi- he was president, new law will further erode dent Andrew Leung said in an attempt to void the enor- Chinese rule in 1997. The former president de- Police accuse Bolsonaro Bolsonaro needed a certif- for the final days of his term COVID-19 VACCINE Bolsonaro indicted over alleged falsification of his vaccination status BY KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG Hong the law through to approval. Kong lawmakers unani- Since the bill was unveiled mously approved a new on March 8, a committee national security law Tues- held daily meetings for a day that grants the govern- week, following an appeal ment more power to quash by Hong Kong leader John dissent, widely seen as the Lee to push the law through latest step in a sweeping po- full After the litical crackdown triggered vote, Lee said that the law by pro-democracy protests would take effect Saturday.
in 2019. The legislature passed ment for Hong he the Safeguarding National said. Security Bill during a spe- cial session. The law will expand ability ties for a wide range of ac- one of the few world leaders who railed to prosecute citizens for tions authorities call threats offenses including to national security, with the ing with external most severe including to commit illegal acts as treason and insurrection It comes on top of a sim- could also lead to several cial hub. Critics worry the Hong Legislative to take part in such votes.
Council, packed with Bei- jing loyalists following an electoral overhaul, rushed is a historic mo- The newly approved law stringent penal- threatens of seditious publications, Legislative Council Presi- presidents usually opt not HONG KONG Officials OK law, give more power to curb dissent BY LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK AND JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON Repub- lican Donald Trump has launched his general elec- rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White House. At a weekend rally in Ohio, his first as the presumed Republican Party presiden- tial nominee, Trump stood salute to the brim of his red MAGA hat, as a recorded chorus of prisoners in jail for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack sang the national an- An announcer asked the crowd to please rise the horribly and unfairly treated January 6th And people did, and sang along. were unbelievable Trump said as the Having previously vowed to pardon the rioters, he promised to help them first day we get into Initially relegated to a fringe theory on the edges of the Republican Party, the revisionist history of Jan.
6, which Trump amplified during the early days of the GOP primary campaign to rouse his most devoted voters, remains a rally cen- terpiece even as he must appeal more broadly to a up over and over again: How general election audience. In heaping praise on the an authoritarian leader at rioters, Trump is shifting his word about what was go- blame for his own role in the ing to happen? run-up to the bloody mob siege and asking voters to absolve hundreds of them democratic regime happens and himself over the and not punished, that deadliest attack on a seat is a very strong indicator of of American power in 200 the end of the rule of law and years. At the same time, tarian he said. allies are installing 2020 election-deniers to the Re- time understanding that publican National Commit- what happens in most of tee, further institutional- the world can happen here, izing the lies that spurred the violence. That raises red flags about next year, count federal indictment when Congress will again over Jan.
6 charges he be called upon to certify the conspired to defraud Amer- vote. And not alone. Re- defeat and obstructed the publicans in Congress are official proceeding in Con- embarking on a re-inves- gress to certify the vote for tigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, Joe Biden. As the Supreme attack that seeks to shield Court considers Trump of wrongdoing while claim that he should be im- lawmakers are showcas- mune from prosecution, ing side theories about why unclear when the case thousands of his supporters will go to trial, raising the descended on Capitol Hill in possibility it might not be what became a brutal scene resolved until after the elec- of hand-to-hand combat tion.
with police. Five people died in the riot and its aftermath. Taken together, what those who study authoritari- an regimes warn is a classic case of called consol- idation where the state apparatus is being trans- formed around a singular figure, in this case Trump. Jason Stanley, a philoso- phy professor at Yale, said in history the question comes could people not have taken to he said. a coup against the the victory of that authori- have a hard Trump is facing a four- icans over his 2020 election JAN.
6 CAPITOL RIOT Trump makes attack cornerstone of campaign Associated Press file photos President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump is making the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White House. Trump opened his first rally as the presumed Republican Party presidential nominee standing in salute with a recorded chorus of Jan.
6 prisoners singing the national anthem. BY WAFAA SHURAFA AND SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip Ex- plosions and shootings shook the Gaza biggest hos- pital and surrounding neigh- borhoods as Israeli forces stormed through the facility for a second day Tuesday. The military said it had killed 50 Hamas militants in the hos- pital, but it could not be inde- pendently confirmed that the dead were combatants. The raid was a new blow to the Shifa medical complex, which had only partially re- sumed operations after a destructive Israeli raid in No- vember. Thousands of Pales- tinian patients, medical staff and displaced people were trapped inside the sprawling complex Tuesday, as heavy fighting between troops and Hamas fighters raged in nearby districts.
Details were scarce, with communications from inside the hospital near- ly impossible. very hard right now. heavy bombardment in the area of Shifa, and build- ings are being hit. The sound of tank and artillery fire is con- Emy Shaheen, who lives near the hospital, said in a voice message with repeat- ed booms of shelling audible in the background. She said a large fire had been raging for hours near the hospital.
The Israeli military said it raided Shifa early Monday because Hamas fighters had grouped in the hospital and were directing attacks from inside. The claim could not be con- firmed, and the Hamas media office said all those killed in the assault were civilians. But the surge in fighting in Gaza City underscored continued presence in north- ern Gaza months after Israeli ground troops claimed they largely had control over the area. Israel launched its offensive in Gaza vowing to destroy Hamas after the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel.
More than 31,800 Palestinians have been killed in the bom- bardment and offensive since. Much of northern Gaza has been leveled, and an inter- national authority on hunger crises warned on Monday that of people there were catastrophic experiencing hunger and that famine was imminent. The mayhem in the north came as Israeli Prime Min- ister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his determination to invade southernmost town, Rafah one of the last major towns not targeted by a ground assault. GAZA HOSPITAL Fighting rages in second day of Israel raid Military claims it killed 50 Hamas militants at facility Former president evokes incident in bid for White House Lawmakers unanimously pass new national security proposal Associated Press power to quash dissent in the southern Chinese city. CORRECTIONS We want our reports to be fair and accurate.
To request a correction or clarification call City Editor Jessica Lowell at 207-621-5632. Corrections are published on this page. Former President Donald Trump, the leading Republi- can presidential candidate, salutes at a campaign rally Saturday in Vandalia, Ohio. uring the pandemic, former Brazil- ian President Jair Bolsonaro was against the vaccine..
