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Brazil Warns Against Foreign Meddling Amid Reports of Trump Funding Anti-Supreme Court Campaign
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Firstpost•02-10-2026, 06:47
Brazil Warns Against Foreign Meddling Amid Reports of Trump Funding Anti-Supreme Court Campaign
- •Brazil's Attorney General Jorge Messias warned that foreign meddling in democratic institutions will not be tolerated, citing reports of Trump administration funding a campaign against the Brazilian Supreme Court.
- •Messias's remarks come just three days before Brazil's presidential elections, where Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva faces Flávio Bolsonaro, a Trump ally.
- •The Attorney General's office filed a criminal complaint to investigate potential wrongdoing following a Guardian report on the alleged funding.
- •The Trump administration previously used sanctions and tariffs in an attempt to pressure Lula's government and the Supreme Court during the coup trial of Jair Bolsonaro.
- •A Guardian report suggested the Trump administration was pushing to direct over $175 million from the State Department's human rights fund, including a $40 million grant for an anti-communism fund and a $1 million award for "Countering lawfare and censorship in Brazil" targeting the Supreme Court.
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Attorney General Jorge Messias warned that foreign meddling would not be tolerated following reports that the Trump administration was pushing direct funds toward a campaign against the Brazilian Supreme Court just days before the presidential elections.
A Guardian report indicated the Trump administration pushed to direct funding from a human rights fund, including a $1 million award titled "Countering lawfare and censorship in Brazil" to support civil society groups opposing the Supreme Court.
Left-wing incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is facing off against his far-right rival, Flávio Bolsonaro, who is an ally of Donald Trump.
