Carlos Bolsonaro
Criminal organizationIncitement to crime (art. 286 of the Penal Code)Son of Jair Bolsonaro, born in 1982. First elected city councilman of Rio de Janeiro in 2000, he held consecutive terms on the Rio de Janeiro City Council from 2001 to 2025 (seven, according to Agência Senado). According to Revista Oeste, he formally resigned his seat on 15/12/2025, by a letter published in the Official Gazette, to run for the Senate in Santa Catarina. According to Agência Senado (04/10/2026), he was elected senator for Santa Catarina for the PL on 04/10/2026, with 2,041,840 votes (25.4% of valid votes); the official tally of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) was not consulted.
Court cases and investigations
Criminal sphere
Rio de Janeiro state prosecutors' (MPRJ) investigation of Carlos Bolsonaro's office at the Rio de Janeiro City Council (suspected "rachadinha" and ghost employees) — closed as to the councilman in 2024 and reopened in 2026
Police investigation no. 2023.0022161 – CGCINT/DIP/PF ("parallel Abin": use of the First Mile system and Abin's structure)
Petition 10.064 (Supreme Federal Court, STF) — preliminary inquiry by the Prosecutor-General's Office (PGR) into incitement to crime (art. 286) proposed by the Pandemic inquiry (CPI), converted into an investigation
Petition 11.108/DF (Supreme Federal Court, STF) — investigation of the "parallel Abin"
Criminal case by the Rio de Janeiro state prosecutors (MPRJ) against seven former aides in Carlos Bolsonaro's office at the Rio de Janeiro City Council (criminal organization and embezzlement by a public official) — 1st Specialized Criminal Court for Criminal Organizations of the Capital
Parliamentary inquiry committees (CPIs)
Pandemic inquiry (CPI) (Federal Senate, 2021) — final report and indictment proposals