Overview
- Tarcísio de Freitas visited Jair Bolsonaro at the Papuda prison on January 29 and said Brazil faces a contracted fiscal crisis and a moral crisis.
- Gleisi Hoffmann publicly rebuked the remarks on X, calling the São Paulo governor 'cara de pau' for invoking a moral crisis after leaving the prison.
- The minister pointed to Fabiano Zettel as the largest individual donor to both 2022 campaigns, noting reported transfers of R$3 million to Bolsonaro and R$2 million to Tarcísio.
- Reports identify Zettel as the brother-in-law of banker Daniel Vorcaro and state he was arrested by the Federal Police under Operation Compliance Zero.
- Gleisi argued that the Bolsonaro administration left a R$255 billion hole in public accounts, while Tarcísio affirmed support for Flávio Bolsonaro’s presidential bid and reiterated his own reelection plans in São Paulo.