Brazil’s Supreme Court authorized a probe of former President Bolsonaro over accusations that he incited recent riots by asserting the 2022 election was rigged.
had eroded trust in the electoral system for years
They pointed to Mr. Bolsonaro’s weekly live broadcasts on social media, public statements and declarations to supporters on the street in which he warned that the voting system could be rigged. Mr. Bolsonaro also met with dozens of foreign diplomats in July last year and cast doubts on the reliability of the electoral system, prosecutors wrote.Photo:Prosecutors also cited comments made by Mr. Bolsonaro a day after the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan.
Prosecutors also mentioned assertions by Mr. Bolsonaro that he had won the 2018 election by a much larger margin than the one announced by the electoral court. In public statements, Mr. Bolsonaro has often cited a case in which a hacker got inside the electronic voting system in 2018—an incident that police said didn’t alter the result.
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