# How a scandal engulfing Brazil’s top court could return the Bolsonaros to power

https://mins.news/en/item/97748

- The Guardian, 2026-10-13 10:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/13/scandal-brazil-court-jair-flavio-bolsonaro-power-election-moraes-lula

> A crisis involving Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes may be hurting Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and helping Flávio Bolsonaro emerge as the presidential runoff frontrunner. An investigation found a contract between Moraes’s wife’s law firm and a banker accused of orchestrating Brazil’s largest banking fraud; Moraes denies the authenticity of related messages. Court infighting has also fueled public distrust.

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