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Flávio Bolsonaro links Lula to Supreme Court crisis and says his group in Federal Police has been exposed

From Folha de S.Paulo · () Portuguese

Translated from Portuguese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Flávio Bolsonaro backed André Mendonça’s decision to remove Federal Police chief Andrei Rodrigues and accused Lula of using state institutions against political opponents.
  • The Supreme Court’s Second Panel formed a majority to uphold the removal, but the review was suspended after Gilmar Mendes requested more time.
  • The dispute has intensified as Bolsonaro allies criticize Alexandre de Moraes and support Mendonça, who was appointed by Jair Bolsonaro.

Flávio Bolsonaro said Lula’s “special group” inside the Federal Police had been exposed after Supreme Court Justice André Mendonça ordered the removal of Federal Police chief Andrei Rodrigues. The senator and presidential candidate backed the decision in a social media post, calling for the agency to regain its autonomy and pursue criminals rather than Lula’s political opponents.

Lula’s special group in the Federal Police has officially been exposed. May the honorable and glorious Federal Police regain its autonomy to go after criminals, not Lula’s political opponents.

· Flávio BolsonaroHe endorsed Mendonça’s decision to remove Federal Police chief Andrei Rodrigues.

Flávio also said Mendonça had allegedly been monitored illegally by the Federal Police and emphasized Rodrigues’s closeness to Lula, his main rival in the presidential race. He described the police chief as having been accused of leading clandestine investigations against a Supreme Court justice.

The Supreme Court’s Second Panel formed a majority on Tuesday to uphold Mendonça’s order and keep Rodrigues out of office. The review was suspended after Justice Gilmar Mendes requested more time to examine the case.

Chief of the Federal Police, Lula’s companion, comrade, friend, brother, ally, proxy and appointee, accused of leading clandestine investigations against a Supreme Court justice.

· Flávio BolsonaroHe criticized Rodrigues and emphasized his ties to Lula.

The crisis began a week earlier, when Mendonça, the rapporteur in the Master case, made public conversations between Alexandre de Moraes and banker Daniel Vorcaro. The messages included a question from Vorcaro about whether he should leave the country shortly before his arrest in 2025. The article says there is no information about Moraes’s response.

Anyone who votes for Lula is voting for Alexandre de Moraes.

· Flávio BolsonaroHe made the statement during a September 7 campaign rally in São Paulo.

Bolsonaro allies have since linked Lula to the court crisis, criticized Moraes, whom they regard as Jair Bolsonaro’s persecutor, and praised Mendonça, who was appointed by the former president. At a September 7 rally in São Paulo, Flávio said he wanted to be elected to end the “consortium” between Lula and Moraes, and told supporters, “Anyone who votes for Lula is voting for Alexandre de Moraes.” He also accused Lula of using the Federal Police, the prosecutor’s office and his Supreme Court appointees to persecute Bolsonaro and his allies. Opposition leader Rogério Marinho called Mendonça’s decision “a step toward restoring normality in the functioning of institutions” and said a broad investigation was needed.

A step toward restoring normality in the functioning of institutions.

· Rogério MarinhoHe described Mendonça’s decision in a statement sent to the newspaper.
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Originally published by Folha de S.Paulo in Portuguese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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