Brazilian prosecutors on Tuesday sought to suspend the country's federal highway police (PRF) chief for 90 days, accusing him of administrative wrongdoing for using his position to favor President Jair Bolsonaro during the presidential election.
Federal prosecutors in Rio accused PRF Director General Silvinei Vasques of having committed malicious acts against the public administration, a filing to the Rio de Janeiro federal court seen by Reuters showed.
A federal judge must accept the prosecutors' request for Vasques to be suspended and prosecuted.
