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Moraes delivers to the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) expert report with 'owners' of fingerprints in coup-mongering draft.

The transfer was in response to a decision by Minister Benedito Gonçalves, rapporteur for the 16 cases investigating Jair Bolsonaro's failed reelection campaign.

The president of the TSE (Superior Electoral Court), Alexandre de Moraes, during the inauguration ceremony of the director-general of the Federal Police, at the corporation's headquarters in Brasília. (Photo: Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil)

247 - Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is the rapporteur for the inquiry into the coup attempts of January 8th that culminated in the invasion and destruction of the headquarters of the three branches of government, this week forwarded to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) the results of the forensic examinations with the names of the people who left fingerprints on the coup-related document found at the home of former Justice Minister Anderson Torres.

"The transfer complied with a decision by Minister Benedito Gonçalves, rapporteur of the 16 cases investigating Jair Bolsonaro's failed reelection campaign, which could make the former president ineligible," reports journalist Malu Gaspar in her article. column in the newspaper O Globo.