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Brazil's Bolsonaro fails to appear for testimony after being subpoenaed

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro reacts during ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil January 28, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro did not show up to testify on Friday, after a Supreme Court Justice subpoenaed him and ordered federal police to question him in an investigation about leaked documents.

The government's solicitor general, Bruno Bianco, went in Bolsonaro's place and filed an injunction before the Supreme Court appealing against Justice Alexandre de Moraes' subpoena, but the judge archived the request saying it was too late.

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