The case concerns Bolsonaro’s posts on social media associating President Lula and his party, the PT, with the criminal organization PCC. The court had ordered the removal of the posts during the campaign, and has now reiterated the order.
Records from the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) indicate that former president Bolsonaro flew from São Paulo to Brasília the day before the alleged vaccination.
The decision targets the onetime president as well as his 2022 running mate General Braga Netto over the use of Independence Day celebrations on Sep. 7, 2022, for electoral purposes.
The lawsuit, filed by the Union of Journalists of the State of São Paulo, alleged that Bolsonaro systematically and aggressively targeted journalists in his speeches.
The judges deliberated on the ex-president’s conduct during a meeting with ambassadors at the Alvorada presidential palace last July in which he bashed the country’s electronic voting system.