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Aos trancos e barrancos pelas calçadas da vida

[jairme @jairmearrependi]

É por essas e outras que eu votei em Lula

[O Jornaleiro @ojornaleirobr]

AMERICANS, DO YOU KNOW WHO DONALD TRUMP IS WELCOMING INTO YOUR COUNTRY?

I am a Brazilian journalist, and I have been closely following the criminal investigations involving Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

Reuters reported on October 27 that Flávio left Brazil for the United States after losing the presidential election, despite a Brazilian Supreme Court order requiring him to surrender his passports.

Now I have a question:

Will American taxpayers be forced to pay for the protection of a Brazilian politician facing serious criminal investigations?

Before anyone screams “political persecution,” here are the actual case numbers. You can look them up yourselves.

1. BANCO MASTER, DARK HORSE AND SUSPECTED MONEY LAUNDERING

Brazilian Supreme Court (STF)

Case: INQ 5,070

Full docket: 0181367-57.2026.1.00.0000

Related proceedings: PET 16,369 and INQ 5,026.

Federal investigators are examining suspected money laundering, corruption and illegal international financial transactions involving the financing of Dark Horse, a film about Jair Bolsonaro.

The investigation involves financial dealings with Daniel Vorcaro, the former controller of Banco Master.

2. SUSPECTED FINANCIAL LINKS TO THE PCC DRUG-TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION

Brazilian Superior Electoral Court (TSE)

Case: AIJE 0603371-06.2026.6.00.0000

Filed October 23, 2026.

This electoral lawsuit questions whether millions of dollars transferred through companies and investment funds linked to the Dark Horse financing network indirectly benefited Flávio Bolsonaro’s presidential campaign.

One company involved in the financial transactions was also identified in investigations concerning suspected money laundering connected to the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital), one of Brazil’s largest criminal organizations.

The lawsuit seeks the annulment of Bolsonaro’s candidacy or election certification and an eight-year disqualification.

To be absolutely clear: the alleged connection between the money and the PCC is under investigation. It has not been judicially established that the PCC financed the film or his campaign.

3. WILLER TOMAZ AND ONLINE GAMBLING

A separate investigation before Brazil’s Supreme Court, overseen by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, examines suspected money laundering involving attorney Willer Tomaz, a close friend of Flávio Bolsonaro.

Investigators are examining financial transactions involving gambling companies, payment platforms and businesses connected to Tomaz.

The exact court docket number has not been publicly verified.

4. THE RACHADINHA CORRUPTION CASE

Rio de Janeiro State Court (TJ-RJ)

Case: 0072696-34.2020.8.19.0000

Prosecutors formally accused Flávio Bolsonaro of crimes including embezzlement, money laundering and participation in a criminal organization involving alleged diversion of public employees’ salaries.

The charges were dismissed in 2022 after evidence was ruled inadmissible.

There was no conviction, but there was also no trial determining whether the alleged conduct occurred.

5. RODRIGO BACELLAR AND COMANDO VERMELHO

Brazilian Supreme Court

Case: PET 14,959

Full docket: 0123047-48.2025.1.00.0000

Rodrigo Bacellar, a political ally of Flávio Bolsonaro, was arrested and later became a criminal defendant in proceedings concerning alleged obstruction of a police operation targeting Comando Vermelho, another major Brazilian drug-trafficking organization.

6. MÁRCIO CANELLA AND ORGANIZED CRIME

Electoral case: RO-El 0601451-66.2026.6.19.0000

Another political ally supported by Flávio Bolsonaro, Márcio Canella, was arrested during an investigation into suspected organized-crime-related money laundering involving fuel businesses.

Brazilian electoral prosecutors have also questioned his candidacy over alleged connections to militias and Comando Vermelho.

These are separate proceedings involving Bolsonaro’s allies, not criminal charges against Flávio himself. 🧵

[kayke ♱ | fan account bad thing (bunny hop) @descontrlada]

@poponze Pra quem não sabia, é MUITO "normal" na indústria dos ovos! por ano, no mundo INTEIRO, são mais de 7 (SETE) BILHÕES de pintinhos que são triturados porque não colocam ovos :(

e por ano no Brasil são mais de 85 MILHÕES.

[poponze @poponze]

SANTA TRINDADE! Erika Hilton, Duda Salabert e Sâmia Bomfim assumiram o compromisso pelo fim da trituração de pintinhos vivos na indústria de ovos no Brasil.

[karollzinha ✮ @taygodswiift]

como que elas conseguem saber de tudo mds elas tem hiperfoco em resolver todos os problemas do brasil

[Sâmia Bomfim @samiabomfim]

🤷🏻‍♀️

[Isaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin]

Some ask why I’m posting so much about Flavio Bolsonaro, but the answer is simple: Trump says we have no money for *our* health care, but can pay for this THUG to jet-set around our country with *our* money. You see that private jet? It’s a middle finger to every American that’s feeling these high prices right now because REPUBLICANS raised them. The government always tells you they have no money for your life, but can roll out the red carpet for a criminal illegal alien who is being investigated for money laundering in his own country. His family gets to live the movie star life, while the Republicans protecting him raise your prices to benefit the elites funding their campaigns. It’s disgraceful. Flavio needs to become a national American symbol for the right’s contempt for us, the American taxpayer. Deport Flavio! Have the last laugh and give them all the finger on Election Day!

[Caroliny @carolinybarbie]

Nem todo herói usa capa, as vezes tem um gogó e uma cobertura... O morador da cobertura lutando pela democracia, enquanto temos mototáxi à favor de Bolsonaro

📹 kakalmeidas

[BrianMier @BrianMteleSUR]

Brazil's Federal Police are opening an investigation into possible illegal collusion between the Thiel/Vance associated Rockbridge Network, Meta corporation and the Bolsonaro campaign. At stake: facilitated tech bro access to Brazil's rare earth minerals https://t.co/98nFEVb5kh

[Central Reality @centralreality]

Luís Eduardo Magalhães, cidade da Bahia onde Nikolas Ferreira gravou vídeo sobre o Nordeste, registrou o MAIOR número de votos no PT desde 2018.

[Gilvan Freitas @terrordonordste]

É isso aí.

[Antonio Tabet @antoniotabet]

E se o “exército” mobilizado por @AndreJanonesMG se apresentasse para uma última missão este ano? Uma campanha incentivando o comparecimento dos eleitores às urnas em favor dos democratas nas eleições norte-americanas e pressionando parlamentares de lá pela deportação dos criminosos foragidos brasileiros.

Afinal, se influenciaram o pleito aqui, nada mais justo que sejamos ouvidos por lá também.

[Antonio Tabet @antoniotabet]

Os aliados estão devastados. Quando diziam que Flávio Bolsonaro era o “candidato da mudança”, não sabiam que era pra Flórida.

[Isaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin]

Flavio Bolsonaro, I hear you have never worked a day in your life. Now that Brazil is working to freeze your assets, it appears you now seek to be a leech on the American taxpayer’s dime. That won’t fly here. You see, there’s an election here in a few days, and just like you, the right-wing traitors will see a historic defeat. I feel very confident that Democrats will use their new mandate to defund your new luxury life here, while you await deportation, so we can spend it on more important things, like *our* health care. *Our* children deserve to go to a doctor more than your jet-setting. Then, for the first time ever, you will have to get a job, but if we Americans have it our way, no one will hire you. Your dad’s Trump and Rubio’s grift of the American taxpayer is coming to an end real soon! Your deportation will follow. Enjoy!

[Antonio Tabet @antoniotabet]

E ainda teve gente da imprensa jurando que Flávio era “o Bolsonaro moderado”.

Não é e nunca foi. É autoritário, bandido, mau perdedor, miliciano, covarde, cagão, mentiroso e escroto que nem o pai.

De moderado ali, nem a genética podre.

[O Jornaleiro @ojornaleirobr]

🚨 ATTENTION, AMERICAN JOURNALISTS: A 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS KILLED. A BOLSONARO HELPED DEFEND THE ACCUSED OFFICER.

In February 2021, Ana Clara Gomes Machado, just 5 years old, was fatally shot during a police operation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Military police officer Bruno Dias Delaroli was charged with her murder.

In 2024, Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro and a sitting Brazilian senator, joined the officer’s legal defense team.

His name appears in a Brazilian Superior Court of Justice ruling concerning an appeal seeking to prevent the officer from facing a jury trial.

The appeal was rejected. The officer has not yet been convicted.

Why did a sitting senator personally involve himself in defending a police officer accused of killing a five-year-old child?

Five years later, Ana Clara’s family is still waiting for justice.

🇺🇸 U.S. MEDIA: INVESTIGATE THIS CASE. TELL ANA CLARA’S STORY.

#JusticeForAnaClara #FlavioBolsonaro #Bolsonaro #Brazil #HumanRights #PoliceViolence

[James Scavone 🛴🚲🚠 @james_salve]

@MarceloAdnet @MeidasTouch A Bolsonaro a day, keeps the coup away

[Marcelo Adnet @MarceloAdnet]

@MeidasTouch Each time América tries a coup here, we send you a Bolsonaro

[O Rafa @RafaM_Pacheco]

Perceberam que ninguém mais nem fala de bet?

Não se discute mais o fim das bets.
Não se questiona mais.
Não reclamam mais.

Acabou. Fim. Já era.

Com o bolsonarismo é igual. Se parar de falar dele, ele morre de vez.

[Dan Pimpão @DanPimpao]

A burrice de Trump é uma coisa jamais vista! Bem na época da eleição do congresso por lá ele resolve ajudar o bandido da cartucheira a fugir do país e é óbvio que os democratas vão explorar bastante isso nessa disputa e eu vou amar quando mais esse tombo se concretizar!