Dino orders PF to investigate suspected foreign financing of Flávio Bolsonaro's campaign

Minister Flávio Dino, of the STF (Supreme Federal Court), ordered the PF (Federal Police) to open an investigation to investigate suspicions of foreign financing for the electoral campaign of senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), who lost the presidential elections on Sunday (25) to Lula (PT).

The investigation will focus on the alleged contribution of resources from the United States through the Rockbridge Network, a conservative group that brings together large fortunes and important names in technology, investments and American politics.

When ordering the investigation to begin, Dino said there were elements that "point to the intensification of signs of foreign interference in the electoral process" and highlighted that "direct or indirect interference by a foreign State in matters subject to Brazilian sovereignty is not permitted."

The Rockbridge Network is a conservative, private and select group that brings together great fortunes and important names in technology, investments and American politics.

The group was co-founded by the Vice President of the United States, J.D. Vance, and has the participation of Silicon Valley businesspeople and defends radical right agendas.

As Folha showed, two businesspeople linked to Rockbridge helped Flávio Bolsonaro with support services for his candidacy and advice on the sale of artificial intelligence infrastructure in Brazil, according to six people close to the campaign.

At the time, Flávio's advisor stated that the campaign did not receive any foreign funding or structure, something prohibited by electoral legislation.