Bernie Sanders Says Former Brazilian President Lula Should Be Freed After Leaked Documents Expose 'Politicized Prosecution'

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday called on Brazilian authorities to immediately release former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from prison and drop all charges after an enormous trove of leaked documents confirmed suspicions that the case against Lula was a politically motivated effort to prevent him from winning the 2018 election.

“It is clearer than ever that Lula da Silva was imprisoned in a politicized prosecution that denied him a fair trial and due process.”
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“Today, it is clearer than ever that Lula da Silva was imprisoned in a politicized prosecution that denied him a fair trial and due process,” Sanders told The Intercept, which reported on the explosive documents on Sunday after obtaining them from an anonymous source.

“During his presidency, Lula oversaw huge reductions in poverty and remains Brazil’s most popular politician,” added Sanders, a 2020 presidential candidate. “I stand with political and social leaders across the globe who are calling on Brazil’s judiciary to release Lula and annul his conviction.”

Sanders’s comments came just two days after The Intercept published several stories on the massive trove of documents, which included conversations showing that Judge Sérgio Moro—who is now serving as justice minister under Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro—worked with prosecutors to craft the corruption case against Lula that landed him in prison in 2018.