“I address the Brazilian people and the international community as the true elected president of Brazil.”
Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to recognize Lula’s electoral victory, denounces what he calls massive electoral fraud, and confirms that he has left Brazil with his family. “There is no arrest warrant against me because I have committed no crime.” He accuses Brazil’s Supreme Court of political persecution and vows to lead the opposition from American soil.
“I left Brazil, but I have not abandoned Brazilians. This struggle did not end on October 25. It will only end when Brazil becomes a free country again. And that day will come.”
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was convicted of corruption and money laundering in Operation Car Wash, Brazil’s biggest graft scandal.
In the Guarujá triplex case, OAS handed him a renovated beachfront apartment as a hidden bribe worth roughly R$2.2 million, tied to Petrobras contracts. In 2017, Judge Sergio Moro convicted him of passive corruption and money laundering and sentenced him to 9 years and 6 months. The appeals court unanimously upheld the conviction and increased his sentence to over 12 years.
He spent 580 days in prison.
In the Atibaia ranch case, he was convicted again for renovations worth about R$1 million, paid for by OAS and Odebrecht, at a property he and his family used. His sentence? 12 years and 11 months.
Then, in 2021, while he was out of office, the Supreme Court overturned the convictions on procedural grounds. The court ruled that the Curitiba court lacked jurisdiction and that Moro was biased. The cases never went to a new trial on the facts, and the prosecutions ultimately ended because of statute-of-limitations issues.
After slithering back into the presidency in 2023, Lula appointed his own personal defense lawyer from those same Car Wash cases, Cristiano Zanin, to the Supreme Court.
His own defense lawyer. On the Supreme Court. Ironic, isn’t it?
And that same lawyer is the one who granted the 2-hour extension for voting in the 2026 runoff, where Lula magically gained enough votes to win.
So the next time you see the media and the left gushing about how wonderful this man is and portraying him as a martyr, LOL, remember the truth.
Lula is the actual dictator thug who was convicted on corruption charges.
Not Flávio Bolsonaro.
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