Bolsonaro home searched as Brazil probes fake vaccine cards

By CARLA BRIDI and DAVID BILLER
Associated Press

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Police have searched former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home and seized his phone in what they say is an investigation into alleged falsification of COVID-19 vaccine cards. Police say several other locations also were searched Wednesday and a half dozen people faced arrest. The president confirmed the search of his residence while speaking with reporters, as did his wife on her Instagram account. The Federal Police’s press office provided a statement saying officers were carrying out 16 searches and six arrests in Rio de Janeiro related to the introduction of fraudulent data related to the COVID-19 vaccine into the nation’s health system. Bolsonaro denies his vaccine status was ever altered, noting that he publicly made clear that he was never vaccinated.