Elon Musk threatens to reveal information on Brazilian judge that would paint him as a traitor to his country for his ac

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Source: Fortune

Elon Musk threatens to reveal information on Brazilian judge that would paint him as a traitor to his country for his actions during X investigation

Christiaan Hetzner
Mon, April 8, 2024 at 9:19 AM EDT·4 min read

Elon Musk has threatened to leak damaging evidence he believes will prove one of Brazil’s top judges has betrayed the country, escalating a showdown over the censorship of social media in the country.

The owner of X now finds himself squarely in the middle of a political struggle in Latin America’s largest economy, one that pits the forces of former President Jair Bolsonaro against the Lula da Silva government in Brasilia that the ex-president allegedly sought to bring down.

Bolsonaro is accused of hatching a plan in November 2022 to overturn his election defeat—plans that included the arrest of supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes.

Weeks later, Bolsonaro supporters stormed the country’s capital of Brasilia, flooding the congress, presidential palace, and supreme court in a Jan. 6–style uprising that quickly failed.

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