Overview

• Minister Flávio Dino authorized converting the Senate’s 2021 Covid CPI findings into a Polícia Federal inquérito.
• Jair Bolsonaro, his sons Flávio, Eduardo, and Carlos, and roughly two dozen allies are named as investigados, including Carla Zambelli, Bia Kicis, Onyx Lorenzoni, Ernesto Araújo, and Ricardo Barros.
• The probe will examine alleged incitement to adopt ineffective treatments and to ignore health measures, as well as suspected contract frauds, overpricing, diversion of public funds, and deals with shell companies.
• The PF received an initial 60‑day deadline to carry out the case under judicial secrecy level 3, and the Procuradoria‑Geral da República was notified.
• The decision follows a PF request to convert the CPI material into a police inquiry after actions taken in late 2024, moving the CPI’s allegations into an active criminal investigation.