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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on November 13, 2018, 04:48:22 pm
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Brazilian court takes issue with Bolsonaro's campaign accounts
Ricardo Brito
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s top electoral authority said it has found irregularities in the campaign accounts of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro and gave him three days to explain.
In a document published late Monday, the TSE electoral court described possible campaign donations from illegal sources, donations from unidentified donors and lack of information on how campaign funds were spent, among other issues.
It’s unclear what effect the TSE allegations may have. Bolsonaro, a far-right congressman who won Brazil’s presidential election in an Oct. 28 runoff, is due to take office on Jan. 1.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-politics-idUSKCN1NI1E1 (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-politics-idUSKCN1NI1E1)