(FILES) Senator and presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro gestures to supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022), sentenced to 23 years and 3 months for attempted coup, during a demonstration in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 1, 2026. When opinion polls appeared favorable, the scandal broke: Flavio Bolsonaro, the right-wing candidate in Brazil's October presidential election, had dealings with a banker jailed for alleged fraud, threatening to complicate his race against President Lula. The 45-year-old senator was chosen as the political heir by his father, former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted over an attempted coup and barred from running for office. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP via Getty Images)