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Tsuki found it "sensational" that the magazine Veja had directly accused Lula's campaign of spreading false news against the publication. He then summarized the arguments from a response by the magazine regarding its report about Vorcaro. According to the text from Veja reproduced by Tsuki, Vorcaro's lawyer would have confirmed the authenticity of the audio, and the magazine stated that it removed five short statements — 15 seconds in total — to protect the source. The publication also clarified that it did not say that the audio was included in the plea bargain nor that the confession was made to the Federal Police. Regarding the PGR, the magazine claimed that Vorcaro, through his lawyers, presented an account regarding the funding of a documentary about Lula and promised to deliver documents if the plea bargain was accepted, which did not happen. Tsuki also stated that some outlets were using "jurists" in their headlines to conceal, according to his assessment, that the coordination of Lula's presidential campaign was spreading false news against Veja's cover story. #PolíticaBR #FakeNews #Eleições2022 (translated)

Xico Graziano stated that a report by the magazine VEJA about supposed payments linked to Lula had provoked a reaction within the PT. According to him, PT members denied the accusations, said there was no evidence, and echoed a contestation from the Federal Police. In summarizing the report, Graziano said that banker Vorcaro reported having negotiated with João Vaccari Neto, former treasurer of the PT, payments to obtain access to pension funds for federal employees. According to the excerpt of the article he shared, it would amount to R$ 30 million in cash destined for the Lula Institute to fund a documentary about Lula abroad, in addition to another undisclosed amount paid directly to the institute, managed by Paulo Okamotto. Graziano added that Vorcaro had provided details to the Attorney General's Office (PGR), which did not proceed with the case as it deemed there was insufficient evidence. The banker’s defense, according to the account reproduced by the author, mentioned WhatsApp messages and records of withdrawals and deliveries of money. Graziano expressed belief that VEJA would not publish the report without confidence in the material and assessed that the published piece would merely be a preview of new revelations. He considered the story credible, although there might not be definitive proof, and compared the case to the Atibaia site, which, according to him, was not registered in Lula's name in the registry office. In Graziano's view, the report would harm the PT and Lula's campaign, discouraging voters and causing some to give up on voting. He stated that the case would reduce Lula's chances of reversing a defeat in the first round. #Lula #Petismo #VEJA (translated)

Felipe Moura Brasil shared the transcription of a reporter from Veja who defended a report amid the reactions to the publication of a recording. The journalist stated that, in addition to the audio, the article was based on messages found on Daniel Vorcaro's cell phone before he formalized a plea deal proposal. According to the reporter, Vorcaro had already presented a third proposal to the PGR, but the agency did not want to listen to him. In the transcription, the reporter claimed that messages from 2024 and 2025 indicated that Vorcaro had intermediaries at the Palácio do Planalto who were working with executives from the pension funds of Banco do Brasil, Caixa Econômica, Petrobras, and Correios. He asserted that the objective was to raise 10 billion reais from these funds, with 1 billion reais earmarked for bribes to the PT, as part of an agreement to save Banco Master. He also said that an operator linked to the office of Minister Alexandre Padilha sought fund executives and that meetings had been organized to facilitate the bank's operations. The reporter further stated that, in May 2024, Banco Master entered the so-called "exhaustive list," which, according to him, allowed the funds to invest in the institution. At the same time, he said, the bank was negotiating credit letters worth 500 million reais with Caixa Econômica. According to the journalist, the operation did not progress after the newspaper O Globo reported, in July 2024, that two managers from Caixa had been removed for issuing a negative opinion. He added that Vorcaro had reported, in a plea deal proposal to which the report had access, that Padilha and other PT members backed down after the case was disclosed. #Lula #Corrupção #Política (translated)

Central Reality stated that the Federal Police denied a piece of information published by the magazine Veja and denied that Vorcaro had reported in testimony the release of funds for a film about Lula. The publication said that the PF commented on the report titled "Vorcaro reveals that he released money for a film about Lula for business in the government." https://t.co/35uuaPjM8s #PolíciaFederal #Lula #fakeNews (translated)

POPTime reported that the Federal Police denied the information published by the magazine Veja that Daniel Vorcaro had released money for a film about Lula in exchange for business in the government. According to the clarification reproduced by the publication, Vorcaro did not give testimony with the content described in the report, published on Friday (10/9), nor did he provide the institution with documents or information of that nature. #PolíciaFederal #Lula #FakeNews (translated)

Cleber Lourenço stated that he had talked with the defense of Daniel Vorcaro, who, according to him, said he was unaware of the audios released by Veja. He also wrote that the Federal Police and the Attorney General's Office contested the report in official statements and classified the case as very serious. https://t.co/UfsGI7vieY #DanielVorcaro #Política #Urgente (translated)

Lázaro Rosa stated that the Federal Police had denied a report from the magazine Veja about Daniel Vorcaro. According to him, the corporation said that Vorcaro had not provided in his testimony the statements about Lula attributed to him and that no documents or evidence had been presented. Rosa accused Veja of lying to favor Flávio Bolsonaro and claimed that the testimony would be clandestine. #PolíciaFederal #FakeNews #Lula (translated)

Kriska Carvalho wrote that the Federal Police had contested the Veja report, stating that Daniel Vorcaro did not provide a statement or deliver documents or information related to the published content. According to Carvalho, the Federal Police also received a request to investigate the report. https://t.co/myZYvO5hox #PolíciaFederal #FakeNews #Investigações (translated)

Renato Souza wrote that the Federal Police denied that Daniel Vorcaro had given a statement with information about alleged transfers to the Lula Institute published by the magazine Veja. According to Souza, the corporation also stated that Vorcaro did not provide documents or information on the topic. The report, titled "Vorcaro says he released money for a film about Lula due to business in the government," was published on Friday (10/9). #PolíciaFederal #Lula #Veja (translated)

Henrique Esteter wrote that, according to a report by VEJA published this Friday, Daniel Vorcaro claimed to have allocated R$ 30 million in cash, off the books, to finance a documentary about Lula and make payments related to the Lula Institute. According to the account, Vorcaro allegedly negotiated the supposed scheme with João Vaccari Neto, former treasurer of the PT, so that the Master Bank could raise funds from pension funds of state-owned companies, including Previ, Petros, and Postalis. The agreement would include a 10% fee on the raised amounts, which could result in up to R$ 1 billion in bribes if the deals were finalized. Esteter added that Vorcaro also accused Minister Alexandre Padilha and Olavo Noleto, then executive secretary, of participating in the negotiations. Messages obtained by the Federal Police would record contacts, meetings, and a private dinner between the banker and government members. Vorcaro also claimed that Padilha and his operators received at least R$ 6 million in deals with municipal funds. The allegations would have been presented to the Attorney General's Office during a failed plea bargain attempt, which was rejected, according to Esteter. #Lula #PT #Corrupção (translated)

David Ágape wrote that a security report from OpenAI identified two clandestine influence operations, one Russian and the other Iranian, that allegedly used the company's artificial intelligence to insert content into media outlets. In Brazil, according to him, the document attributed to the Russian operation a comparison between the governments of Jair Bolsonaro and Lula, published by the Social Research Center (SRC) under the guise of research. The article associated Bolsonaro with institutional wear and Lula with the recovery of the country's credibility. Ágape also stated that operators attempted to claim authorship of a report from Poder360. https://t.co/9YgGIZ65w7 #ChatGPT #SegurançaDigital #Desinformação (translated)

VEJA reported that, in audio recordings and documents obtained by the magazine, Vorcaro said he had allocated funds not only to Dark Horse but also to a documentary about Lula. According to the publication, he claimed to have paid in cash, in a scheme that would involve the former treasurer of the PT and Minister Alexandre Padilha. https://t.co/SgeHNS0GrB #Política #Lula #Corrupção (translated)

Paulo Figueiredo criticized John Kiriakou for comments about alleged CIA interference in Brazil. According to Figueiredo, Kiriakou confused a conversation involving Jair Bolsonaro with another involving Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the source of the accusation would be Lula himself. The author also accused the press of promoting this version and acting in favor of the Brazilian president. Figueiredo stated that Kiriakou worked for Sputnik, a Russian state media outlet, and noted that the producer of the channel in the United States received a mandate from the Department of Justice to register as a foreign agent. He also mentioned a report from The New Republic that described Kiriakou as a former CIA agent who became a Russian propagandist. According to Figueiredo, Kiriakou claimed to have contractually guaranteed independence but did not present the document when requested. The author further cited reports from Kiriakou that he claimed were later corrected. He said Kiriakou stated that Abu Zubaydah confessed after a simulated drowning application, but documents indicated at least 83 applications in one month. Figueiredo added that ABC corrected the report and that Kiriakou clarified he did not witness the procedure. He also stated that Kiriakou acknowledged as false a claim that Hillary Clinton arranged a $20 million payment to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, linked to the Ukrainian church. Figueiredo also mentioned that Kiriakou pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 months in prison for revealing the identity of a CIA undercover agent. Regarding Brazilian politics, he asserted that the PT party was using the allegation of foreign interference to attempt to annul the opposing coalition in the Supreme Federal Court. In contrast, he noted that Lula met, outside of the official agenda, with Nikolai Patrushev, advisor to Vladimir Putin and former head of the FSB, and that Patrushev visited the NAM Atlântico, Brazil's largest warship. For Figueiredo, the press did not give equivalent coverage to these connections and to Kiriakou's work for Sputnik. #CIA #Lula #Bolsonaro (translated)

David Ágape stated that the Papo em Rede profile went offline after one of his reports. He said that the page connected an alleged campaign against Flávio Bolsonaro to Maduro's government program and claimed that the content could be recovered through legal means. https://t.co/f5nug1VhUO #queimaArquivo #transparência #justiça (translated)