Asked by the Minister of (Supreme Federal Court) about what would be his foundation to claim that there was fraud in the elections and electronic ballot boxes, the former president () did not respond directly to the question.
Instead, he pointed to speeches from other politicians with criticism of the polls and his history of defense by the vote in printed in the House of Representatives.
Moraes quoting Bolsonaro ministerial gathering lines on July 5, 2022 and questioned what Bolsonaro foundation was, specifically, to “claim that there was fraud in the elections, in the polls, and that the ministers would be directing the elections.
Mentioning speeches of politicians such as Flávio Dino, today STF minister, and Carlos Lupi (PDT), the former president said that “the suspicion of the ballot box is not something private to me.”
For more than once, as he did throughout his government, Bolsonaro also cited report of federal criminal experts with criticism of the electoral system.
Already in 2021, the National Association of Federal Criminal Experts (APCF) published a note that stated that its work aimed to “seek the continuous improvement of electronic ballot boxes” and that “the identification of failures and vulnerabilities does not allow to say that there was, there will be or there will be fraud in the elections.”
