Brazilian government overturns former president’s 100-year ban to publish credit card records
Jair Bolsonaro drinking coffee at a ceremony last year.Last modified on Fri 13 Jan 2023 21.17 GMT, revealing the far-right leader’s apparent penchant for expensive hotels, big meals out – and ice-cream., once boasted he did not withdraw “a single penny” from the corporate credit cards given to him and his closest advisers.
The spending was broken down by date, amount, name of where the money was spent, and the category of the company being paid. The vast majority of spending was on hotels and food. The list is dotted with oddities, with O Globo reporting Bolsonaro and his team spent a fortune on one single day buying 659 takeaway meals and 2,964 sandwiches at a restaurant in Roraima state.
The corporate cards are supposed to be used for travel expenses and small or urgent purchases, but money was also spent on hunting and fishing, sports equipment, sheets and bedding, and bottled gas.
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