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Jair Bolsonaro and the Marielle Franco case
Less than 24 hours after Brazil’s most prestigious evening newscast published links between President Jair Bolsonaro and the Marielle Franco murder case, Brazil has been engulfed by an insane cycle of information and counter-information about how (and if) Mr. Bolsonaro fits into the case. Here is what happened so far:
- Report. On Tuesday night, Jornal Nacional published details of a sealed statement saying that, on the day of the murder (March 14, 2018), Mr. Bolsonaro buzzed into his gated community the man who allegedly drove the getaway car during the assassination. The believed trigger man also lives in the same housing complex. On that day, however, Mr. Bolsonaro was in Brasília—as proven by congressional logs.
- Reactions. The president’s supporters relentlessly attacked investigators and the press on social media. Meanwhile, Justice Minister Sergio Moro called for a probe into the mentions of the president’s name—suspecting an...