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Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered an investigation into whether the Rockbridge Network, co-founded by Vance, aided the Bolsonaro camp with foreign money or resources during the Brazilian election. Relevant organizations have strongly denied involvement.
Washington Post reports,brazil Supreme Court Justice orders investigation into US Vice President on 27thvanes (JD Vance) Did the “Rockbridge Network” help defeated right-wing candidate Flavio during the Brazilian electionbolsonaro (Flavio Bolsonaro). “Rockbridge Network” denied any involvement in the Brazilian election.
Rockbridge Network is a right-wing political charity coalition and lobbying organization founded in 2019 by Vance and conservative media personality Chris Buskirk.
Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Flavio Dino ordered the Brazilian Federal Police to launch an investigation on the 27th to clarify the connection between the “Rockbridge Network” and Bolsonaro’s campaign team, and whether it provided assistance or financial support to Bolsonaro through any Brazilian companies or political operators.
Under Brazilian law, it is a crime for political candidates to accept money or other electoral assistance from foreign sources.
Dino explained that this investigation is necessary to truly understand whether the “Rockbridge Network” provided any resources, as well as to identify the source and destination of the resources and their ultimate use in the campaign, including human resources, various services and other calculable economic benefits.
Vance last spoke at a “Rockbridge Network” donor gathering a year ago, the report said. Vance’s office declined to comment on reports that a Brazilian judge had ordered an investigation.
During the Brazilian election, it was revealed that the “Rockbridge Network” was secretly operating in Brazil, and Bolsonaro’s political opponents reported it to the competent authorities one after another. One of the complaints came from the Workers’ Party of Brazil’s newly elected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who filed a violation complaint directly with the Supreme Court. Renan Santos, another presidential candidate, filed a complaint with the Supreme Electoral Court.
After being eliminated in the first round of the presidential election, Santos, president of the Misao party, accused the Rockbridge network of using some Brazilians to discuss with Bolsonaro’s campaign manager how the United States could provide aid.
“Rockbridge Network” said on the 27th that the Brazilian citizen who claimed to be an agent of the organization actually had nothing to do with “Rockbridge Network”.
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The investigation targets the Rockbridge network, co-founded by US Vice President Vance, and the focus is to clarify whether it provided assistance or financial support to the Bolsonaro campaign through Brazilian companies, political operators or other channels.
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The judge explained that if a political candidate accepts foreign money or electoral assistance, it may be a crime under Brazilian law, so it is necessary to trace the source and destination of the resources, and whether they are used for personnel, services or other campaign expenses.
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Rockbridge Network denied that it had interfered in the Brazilian election and said that the Brazilian national who was accused of being an agent of the organization had in fact no connection to the organization; Vance’s office declined to comment on relevant investigative reports.
