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Flávio Bolsonaro took a request to the STF to investigate Lula’s relationship with Daniel Vorcaro
The filing was sent to Justice André Mendonça and asks the Attorney General’s Office to assess whether to open an investigation. The claim is based on messages attributed to lawyer Walfrido Warde about dealings and an alleged gift to the president.
Flávio Bolsonaro filed a criminal complaint before Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva so that his link to Daniel Vorcaro, an entrepreneur tied to Banco Master, can be investigated. According to G1, the filing was delivered this Wednesday, 23, to Justice André Mendonça.
The senator’s defense asked that the facts be referred to the Attorney General’s Office and that an inquiry be opened into possible offenses of passive corruption and administrative influence peddling. According to G1 and Folha de S.Paulo, the filing is based on messages extracted from Vorcaro’s cellphone in which lawyer Walfrido Warde appears speaking about contacts with Lula and about a supposed bottle of whisky sent as a gift.
According to O Globo, cited by both outlets, Warde would have said in a conversation that the president thanked him for the whisky and sent a greeting to Vorcaro. G1 added that Lula’s defense had not commented when contacted by the outlet. Folha, for its part, said the Presidency’s Communications Secretariat denied that Lula had received gifts or sent messages to the businessman.
The case also revisits a meeting between Lula and Vorcaro held on December 4, 2024, at the Planalto Palace, which did not appear on the official agenda and which, according to both outlets, was arranged by Guido Mantega. In February 2026, G1 recalled, Lula said he received the then banker at the request of the former minister and told him that any analysis of Banco Master would follow a technical assessment by the Central Bank, without a political decision in favor of or against it.
Folha de S.Paulo added that Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign filing also mentions the participation, in that 2024 meeting, of Jaques Wagner, Gabriel Galípolo, Rui Costa and Alexandre Silveira.
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