TSE Archives Bolsonaro Inquiry Into Attacks on Brazil’s Electronic Voting System

Overview

• Corregedora-geral Isabel Galloti ruled there were no new elements to justify continuation and deemed the administrative inquiry’s prosseguimento useless.
• The decision authorizes the release of funds held in a judicial account, reported at R$333.6 thousand, unless other court orders keep them blocked.
• The inquiry was opened after a July 29, 2021 live from the Palácio do Planalto in which Jair Bolsonaro alleged fraud without proof, a stance the TSE flagged as possible criminal conduct.
• Investigators from the Federal Police, the TSE’s IT Secretariat, and major social platforms coordinated diligences to trace accounts disseminating attacks on the voting system.
• Potential irregularities involving EBC use, financing of September 7 demonstrations, and public resources in motociatas were referred to specialized courts, with criminal aspects routed to the STF.