Overview
- In a filing dated October 28, the Ministério Público Eleitoral recommended admitting evidence from the Federal Police inquiry, the PGR complaint, and Mauro Cid’s plea into the TSE action.
- Rapporteur Minister Isabel Gallotti will decide whether to formally include the materials in the case alleging abuse of political power and misuse of communications.
- The prosecutor, Vice Prosecutor-General Alexandre Espinosa Bravo Barbosa, emphasized the request concerns admissibility at this stage rather than the weight or truth of the evidence.
- Defendants Jair Bolsonaro, Walter Braga Netto, Flávio Bolsonaro, Eduardo Bolsonaro, Carla Zambelli, Bia Kicis, Magno Malta, Gustavo Gayer, and Nikolas Ferreira contest the move and asked the TSE to reject it.
- The electoral case proceeds alongside STF convictions in September tied to the 2022 coup plot, with appeals scheduled to begin review on November 7 and possible TSE sanctions including inelegibility if the action is later upheld.