TSE cases and the Fake News Inquiry put pressure on Bolsonaro

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 10 Jun 2020 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

The trial in the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) of two cases filed by then-candidates Guilherme Boulos (PSOL) and Marina Silva (Rede), asking for the annulment of the electoral ticket of Jair Bolsonaro and Hamilton Mourão, after a hacker attack against a Facebook group entitled “Women united against Bolsonaro” in the 2018 presidential campaign, was interrupted yesterday after Minister Alexandre de Moraes asked for more time to analyze the matter.

Despite Moraes´ request, the biggest risk for the Bolsonaro/Mourão ticket does not come from these cases, since the trend is for the cases to be rejected.

However, the statement of the Public Electoral Prosecutor´s Office (MPE) in favor of sharing evidence from the investigation that analyzes the dissemination of fake news and attacks on ministers of the Supreme Court (STF) – known as the Fake News Inquiry – is raising concern at the Planalto Palace.

The Fake News Inquiry, which is under the responsibility of Alexandre de Moraes at the STF, has already led the Federal Police (PF) to carry out a search and seizure operation at the addresses of bloggers, businessmen and parliamentarians allied with the President. There is a fear that new phases of this investigation will take place, since parliamentarians are giving testimony to the PF.

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