Probe Into Bolsonaro's Son Raises Doubts With His Supporters

A probe into possible financial irregularities involving Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s eldest son threatens to overshadow his trip to Davos and sour the political climate before key measures are discussed in Congress to fix the country’s public accounts.

Flavio Bolsonaro, a Senator-elect, faces an investigation over suspicious bank transactions from when he was a member of the Rio de Janeiro state assembly. A successful effort to delay the probe by using his position as legislator to appeal to the Supreme Court has only aroused further suspicion and greater media interest. Similarly, interviews to TV stations over the weekend, rather than testimony to public prosecutors, have raised further doubts among supporters on social media.