The Electoral Court of Divinópolis ordered the Federal Police to open an investigation to investigate Ana Elisa Santos Silva (PT), the youngest federal deputy elected by Minas Gerais, on suspicion of disseminating false information during the 2026 electoral campaign. The decision was published on Wednesday (14).
The complaint was presented by the candidate for the Presidency of the Republic Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) who questions publications made by Ana Elisa on the social network X about an alleged attempt to remove the title of Patron Saint of Brazil from Our Lady of Aparecida.
g1 contacted the press office of the congresswoman elected this Thursday (15) to request a position on the decision, but received no response until the last update of the report.
In addition to ordering the investigation, electoral judge Orlando Israel de Souza, from Divinópolis, ordered platform X to preserve the digital records of the questioned publications, made between September 24 and October 8, 2026.
The judge, however, rejected the request to prohibit new political publications by the investigated woman. The opening of the investigation does not mean that there was a crime, but that the facts must be investigated.
According to the criminal report presented by Flávio Bolsonaro, on September 24, Ana Elisa published a message on the social network stating that the candidate's supporters were trying to remove the title of Patron Saint of Brazil from Our Lady of Aparecida.
In the publication, she questioned who wanted to close churches and criticized the presidential candidate's political group. According to the complaint, the post reached more than 20.8 thousand views and was shared more than 600 times.
The document also mentions decisions by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) that considered the allegation that Flávio Bolsonaro or his family intended to change the title of Nossa Senhora Aparecida to be unfounded.
According to the complaint, even after the correction, Ana Elisa addressed the issue again on social media the following day.
After receiving the complaint, the Electoral Public Ministry understood that there were sufficient elements to justify opening an investigation. The body requested the opening of an investigation to gather additional evidence, especially information from platform X about the questioned publications.
The Public Prosecutor's Office also spoke in favor of preserving digital records, but considered the request to prohibit the investigated party from publishing, sharing or disseminating content related to the presidential election and candidates that involved fake news to be inappropriate.
For the agency, the requested restriction was generic and did not sufficiently define which content would be prohibited.
On October 8, Ana Elisa Santos Silva announced on Instagram that she deactivated her account on the social network X, after receiving death and rape threats. The decision was made after intense attacks on her on the platform.
Through a video published on Instagram, Ana Elisa stated that threats arrived every two minutes.
"I believe that no one deserves to suffer a death threat for being politically engaged and trying to defend what they think is best for the country. The political debate for me was never about that. My team deactivated my Twitter account because we were receiving death threats every two minutes. Death threats and rape threats," said the young woman.
