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"Bolsonaro is a personal friend of mine," said Roberto Jefferson in April 2020 (video).

"We're keeping that from the past," said former Bolsonaro supporter Jefferson in an interview with UOL.

"Bolsonaro is a personal friend of mine," said Roberto Jefferson in April 2020 (video) (Photo: Reproduction/Twitter)

247 - After Jair Bolsonaro (PL) tried to distance himself from his ally and former PTB president Roberto Jefferson stating that "there isn't a photo of him with me" and record one video calling the Bolsonaro supporter a "bandit",  Online profiles published an excerpt from an interview in which the former congressman says he is a "personal friend" of the current occupant of the Palácio do Planalto (Presidential Palace). 

"Bolsonaro is a personal friend of mine. We've kept that from the past," Jefferson said in an interview with journalist Tales Faria of UOL on April 27, 2020. 

Jair Bolsonaro's statements came in the wake of the repercussions of the attacks with rifle fire and grenades carried out by Roberto Jefferson against a Federal Police team that was executing an arrest warrant against him issued by Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes. Two agents were injured in the operation. Jefferson surrendered to the Federal Police in the early evening. 

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