00:00And as Brazil elections approach, critics are accusing the mainstream media of sweeping
00:05the largest financial scandal in modern history under the carpet to favor the far-right Flavio
00:11Bolsonaro campaign.
00:12Recursement, Brian Meir has more.
00:16In May, Intercept Brazil journalist Paulo Moderín revealed audio of conversations between
00:21presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and the jailed perpetrator of Brazil's largest
00:26financial scandal in modern history, Daniel Vorcaro, in which he asked him for a secret
00:31gift of 134 million reais to help finance a propaganda film about his father.
00:36As elections approach, Brazil's corporate media is minimizing the scandal.
00:40At first, the Brazilian corporate media gave wide coverage to our work.
00:47Nevertheless, even though Bolsonaro hasn't explained what he did with the money or how
00:53it was used and what the Bolsonaro family offered Daniel Vorcaro in return, the Bolsonaro case
00:59disappeared from the public debate and was substituted with another case of alleged corruption involving
01:05the Fabio Luiz Lula da Silva, one of President Lula's sons.
01:09During the lead-up to the 2018 elections, Lula's son Fabio, nicknamed Little Lula by the corporate
01:15press, was victim of a coordinated disinformation campaign that at one point had millions of Brazilian
01:21voters convinced he was the secret owner of the world's largest meatpacking company, JBS.
01:26By 2021, he and his brothers had won 22 defamation and slander lawsuits, but the electoral damage
01:32was done.
01:34Lula isn't saying a crime was committed, but that anyone denounced during his presidency will
01:39be investigated equally and, if proven guilty, answer for their actions.
01:44Although his son was never part of his government, this allegation belongs to an important case for
01:50Brazil, and anyone accused will be investigated and punished if guilty.
01:55This shows the posture of an honest leader who built a transparent government.
01:59An investigation against Fabio da Silva for allegations of corruption and influence peddling
02:05was authorized by Supreme Court Justice André Mendonça, a Bolsonaro appointee, on July 31st.
02:11This came one week after he authorized a money laundering investigation against Flavio Bolsonaro.
02:16Due to the huge difference in material evidence, critics accuse the media of both sides in the
02:21issue to strengthen the pro-Trump campaign of Flavio Bolsonaro.
02:27The cases are completely different.
02:31In the case of the Bolsonaro family, there are spreadsheets and other proofs of payment,
02:35and a contract showing that over $12 million were sent to the United States.
02:41In the case involving President Lula's son, even though he may have had a close relationship
02:47with a lobbyist, there is no proof of any million-dollar embezzlement or anything comparable with the
02:52gravity of the scandal involving the Bolsonaro family.
02:56Brazil's elections will take place on October 4th.
02:58Brian Mir, Tele-Sir, Rissi-Fey.
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