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BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro mentioned Saturday that he’d achieved nothing unlawful following stories that he tried to deliver jewellery price greater than $3 million into the nation in 2021 with out declaring it to authorities.
The jewellery – a set of earrings, a necklace, a hoop and a watch of the Swiss model Chopard – had been given as a present to Bolosonaro by the Saudi Arabian authorities when he was in workplace, in keeping with a report Friday within the O Estado de São Paulo newspaper.
The set was present in baggage belonging to an adviser to Bolsonaro’s mines and power minister in São Paulo’s worldwide airport, in keeping with the newspaper. The minister had visited Saudi Arabia after attending a 2021 Center East summit.
Underneath Brazilian legislation, items which might be purchased from overseas price greater than $1,000 should be declared for taxation. In accordance with a doc obtained by the newspaper and later launched by Bolsonaro’s former communications chief of workers, the jewellery was not declared.
The ex-communications chief, Fabio Wajngarten, wrote on his social media account that the field was sealed and was solely opened in Brazil by the customs authorities. He mentioned that as a result of it was a presidential present, neither he nor members from the delegation tied to open it.
Investigators will now see if Bolsonaro was attempting to get the jewellery secretly into Brazil as a way to keep away from taxes or to forestall it going into the presidency’s public assortment. If it was put within the public assortment, he wouldn’t have been capable of take it with him when he left workplace.
On Saturday, Bolsonaro mentioned there was by no means any criminality by him, and that he’s being accused of a present which he by no means requested for and by no means obtained, in keeping with a press release given to CNN Brazil.
Justice Minister Flavio Dino wrote on his social media account that on Monday he’ll ship a letter asking federal police to open an investigations for potential cash laundering or misappropriation.
