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Brazilian Judge Acquits Man Who Stabbed Jair Bolsonaro

The judge says Adélio Bispo de Oliveira was mentally ill when he almost killed the then-presidential candidate during a campaign stop. Bolsonaro, now president, vows to overturn the ruling.

A Brazilian judge has acquitted a man who stabbed then-presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro. The judge ruled that AdĂŠlio Bispo de Oliveira was mentally ill and ordered him held in a mental facility indefinitely,

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