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Brazil's President Threatens to Punch Journalist in the Face

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   Brazil'spresidentthreatenedSundayto punch a reporter intheface for
   asking about his wife's bank deposits,allegedly linked to a corruption
   scheme involving an aidetotheirsenator son.

   "I want to punch you in the face, OK?" the right-wingBolsonarowasheard
   replyingtothe reporter fromO Globonewspaperin anaudiorecordingreleased
   by the daily.

   The president did not take any follow-up questionsfrom other
   journalists afterthe exchange andleft without making further comments.

   TheO Globoreporterwas referring to an article published earlier this
   monthin the magazineCrusoethatlinkedFirst Lady
   MichelleBolsonarotoretired police officerFabrĂcioQueiroz,afriend of the
   president, and former adviser totheirnowsenatorson FlavioBolsonaro.

   According to the magazine, Queiroz depositedabout $13,000in checksfrom
   government employees in the first lady's account between2011 and 2016.

   Queiroz was an aidetoyoungerBolsonarowhen he was a Rio de Janeiro state
   legislator,before his father became president in January 2019. During
   and after the campaign JairBolsonarohaspromisednot to tolerate
   corruption.

   While bothQueirozand FlavioBolsonaroare beinginvestigated, Queiroz is
   under arrestin connection withbank depositsof $213,500made at the time.

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