Attempted assassination of Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil is going through a period of political polarization. In 2013, large popular demonstrations, known as the June Journeys, were the culmination of the crisis of political representation and awakened the politicization of a large part of the population, which reverberated in the 2014 presidential election.{{Cite book |last=Alonso |first=Angela |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K5i4EAAAQBAJ |title=Treze: A política de rua de Lula a Dilma |date=2023-05-29 |publisher=Companhia das Letras |isbn=978-85-359-3492-2 |language=pt-BR}} During this election period, tempers flared between Workers' Party (PT) supporters and anti-PT supporters, with the country's economic crisis as an aggravating factor. New political groups with different ideologies entered the debate, increasing the polarization.{{Cite web |last=Pimentel |first=Felipe |date=September 15, 2017 |title=Basta de silêncio - a insuportável polarização política no Brasil |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/cultura/estado-da-arte/basta-de-silencio-a-insuportavel-polarizacao-politica-no-brasil/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912001747/https://cultura.estadao.com.br/blogs/estado-da-arte/basta-de-silencio-a-insuportavel-polarizacao-politica-no-brasil/ |archive-date=September 12, 2024 |access-date=November 30, 2024 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}}

Social networks such as Facebook and Twitter have contributed to increasing polarization.{{Cite web |last=Almeida |first=Rebeca |date=April 14, 2018 |title=Twitter nas eleições presidenciais de 2014 {{!}} Ciência e Cultura |url=http://www.cienciaecultura.ufba.br/agenciadenoticias/noticias/o-uso-do-twitter-nas-eleicoes-presidenciais-de-2014/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709181244/http://www.cienciaecultura.ufba.br/agenciadenoticias/noticias/o-uso-do-twitter-nas-eleicoes-presidenciais-de-2014/ |archive-date=July 9, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Federal University of Bahia |language=pt-BR}} At the end of 2013, the right united around the issue of corruption. Those on the left focused on social programs and public services. As political parties began to put these issues front and center of their platforms, the left and right drifted further apart. In August 2016, the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff split the party lines, making the polarization even greater.{{Cite web |last1=Ortellado |first1=Pablo |last2=Ribeiro |first2=Márcio |date=August 10, 2018 |title=Gráficos mostram polarização política nas redes sociais no Brasil |url=https://revistagalileu.globo.com/Sociedade/noticia/2018/08/graficos-mostram-polarizacao-politica-nas-redes-sociais-no-brasil.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317203419/https://revistagalileu.globo.com/Sociedade/noticia/2018/08/graficos-mostram-polarizacao-politica-nas-redes-sociais-no-brasil.html |archive-date=March 17, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Galileu |language=pt-br}}

The political scientist Glauco Peres da Silva, from Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences, University of São Paulo, in an interview from Nexo Journal, said 'in Brazil many years exist a political violence'.{{Cite news |last=Charleaux |first=João |date=September 6, 2018 |title=O atentado a Bolsonaro. E o clima de violência na política |url=https://www.nexojornal.com.br/expresso/2018/09/06/O-atentado-a-Bolsonaro.-E-o-clima-de-viol%C3%AAncia-na-pol%C3%ADtica |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317203418/https://www.nexojornal.com.br/expresso/2018/09/06/O-atentado-a-Bolsonaro.-E-o-clima-de-viol%C3%AAncia-na-pol%C3%ADtica |archive-date=March 17, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Nexo Jornal |language=pt-br}} Bolsonaro used an aggressive discourse, but he was not the promoter of the widespread unwillingness to engage in dialog. According to the expert, it all started with the rivalry between the PT and the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), which created jargon such as “coxinha” and “petralha”, and there was also society's inclination to lynch people rather than do justice.

Continuing, the political scientist lamented the way political disputes are viewed in Brazil, as if they weren't legitimate, as if there couldn't be a group with a divergent thought, and then the attitude of delegitimizing opponents. However, the attack could be a great opportunity for the candidates to call for calm and for the entire political class to declare that violence is unacceptable. Thus, even Bolsonaro's antagonists should take to the streets to harshly criticize the current behavior.

Despite the stabbing and the abrupt change of course in the candidate's campaign, who was prevented from taking to the streets and attending various events and debates,{{Cite web |date=October 10, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro não participará de debate no 2º turno até ordem médica em contrário |url=https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2018/10/10/interna_politica,996142/bolsonaro-nao-participara-de-debate-no-2-ate-ordem-em-contrario.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118205626/https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2018/10/10/interna_politica,996142/bolsonaro-nao-participara-de-debate-no-2-ate-ordem-em-contrario.shtml |archive-date=November 18, 2018 |access-date=November 30, 2024 |website=Estado de Minas |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |date=October 29, 2018 |title=Facada em Juiz de Fora mudou rumos da campanha de Jair Bolsonaro |url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2018/10/29/interna_politica,716086/facada-deu-novo-rumo-a-candidatura-de-bolsonaro.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317203420/https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2018/10/29/interna_politica,716086/facada-deu-novo-rumo-a-candidatura-de-bolsonaro.shtml |archive-date=March 17, 2024 |access-date=November 30, 2024 |website=Correio Braziliense |language=pt-BR}} Jair Bolsonaro was the most voted candidate in the first round, on October 7, with 46.03% of the valid votes, ahead of Fernando Haddad (PT) with 29.28% of the votes.{{Cite web |date=October 8, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro comemora resultado do primeiro turno e diz que unirá o país se for eleito |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/10/07/bolsonaro-comemora-resultado-do-primeiro-turno-e-diz-que-unira-o-pais-se-for-eleito.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206002518/https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/10/07/bolsonaro-comemora-resultado-do-primeiro-turno-e-diz-que-unira-o-pais-se-for-eleito.ghtml |archive-date=December 6, 2023 |access-date=November 30, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} The two contested the second round on October 28, in which Bolsonaro was elected president with 55.13% of the valid votes, against Haddad's 44.87%.{{Cite web |last=Mazui |first=Guilherme |date=August 28, 2018 |title=Jair Bolsonaro é eleito presidente e interrompe série de vitórias do PT {{!}} Eleições 2018 |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/10/28/jair-bolsonaro-e-eleito-presidente-e-interrompe-serie-de-vitorias-do-pt.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910020352/https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/10/28/jair-bolsonaro-e-eleito-presidente-e-interrompe-serie-de-vitorias-do-pt.ghtml |archive-date=September 10, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}

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Jair Bolsonaro's presidential campaign schedule called for the candidate to arrive in Juiz de Fora at 11 a.m. on September 6. Bolsonaro would visit the Ascomcer Hospital and have lunch with business leaders. He would then hold a public event in front of the city's Town Hall, in {{Interlanguage link|Halfeld Park|lt=Halfeld Park|pt|Parque Halfeld}}, from where he would go to {{Interlanguage link|Praça da Estação (Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais)|lt=Praça da Estação|pt|Praça Doutor João Penido}}, where he would hold his rally. Like the other candidates, Bolsonaro was escorted by Federal Police (PF) officers.{{Cite web |last=Magella |first=Paulo |date=September 3, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro visita Juiz de Fora na véspera do feriado |url=https://tribunademinas.com.br/colunas/painel/03-09-2018/bolsonaro-visita-juiz-de-fora-na-vespera-do-feriado.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317204135/https://tribunademinas.com.br/colunas/painel/03-09-2018/bolsonaro-visita-juiz-de-fora-na-vespera-do-feriado.html |archive-date=March 17, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Tribuna de Minas |language=pt-BR}}

Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed while being carried on his shoulders by supporters at a campaign event in Halfeld street, one of the most important streets in the central region of the Minas Gerais city of Juiz de Fora.{{Cite web |date=November 21, 2024 |title=Juiz de Fora ganha 'Casa do Empreendedor', na Rua Halfeld {{!}} Zona da Mata |url=https://g1.globo.com/mg/zona-da-mata/noticia/2024/11/21/juiz-de-fora-ganha-casa-do-empreendedor-na-rua-halfeld.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241122010706/https://g1.globo.com/mg/zona-da-mata/noticia/2024/11/21/juiz-de-fora-ganha-casa-do-empreendedor-na-rua-halfeld.ghtml |archive-date=November 22, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |last=Marchiori |first=Bernardo |date=October 5, 2024 |title=Véspera das eleições: candidatos descem Calçadão e buscam voto de última hora |url=https://tribunademinas.com.br/noticias/politica/eleicoes-2024/05-10-2024/eleicoes-calcadao.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005194850/https://tribunademinas.com.br/noticias/politica/eleicoes-2024/05-10-2024/eleicoes-calcadao.html |archive-date=October 5, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Tribuna de Minas |language=pt-BR}} He was wounded in the abdomen, injuring a major abdominal vein, which caused severe bleeding.{{Cite web |last=Sobrinho |first=Wanderley |date=September 6, 2018 |title=Complexa, cirurgia em Bolsonaro deve tirá-lo da campanha de 1º turno |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticias/2018/09/06/complexa-cirurgia-em-bolsonaro-deve-tira-lo-da-campanha-de-1-turno.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530001609/https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticias/2018/09/06/complexa-cirurgia-em-bolsonaro-deve-tira-lo-da-campanha-de-1-turno.htm |archive-date=May 30, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Universo Online |language=pt-BR}}

The federal deputy was taken promptly to the Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Juiz de Fora, where he was admitted to the emergency room at around 3.40 p.m., with a sharp injury to his abdomen. The candidate underwent an exploratory laparotomy.

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The perpetrator of the attempted murder was arrested in the act by the Federal Police and identified as Adélio Bispo de Oliveira (Montes Claros, May 6, 1978).{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2024 |title=Advogado diz que Adelio agiu por motivação religiosa e política |url=https://tribunademinas.com.br/noticias/politica/07-09-2018/advogado-diz-que-adelio-agiu-por-motivacao-religiosa-e-politica.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201155428/https://tribunademinas.com.br/noticias/politica/07-09-2018/advogado-diz-que-adelio-agiu-por-motivacao-religiosa-e-politica.html |archive-date=December 1, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Tribuna de Minas |language=pt-BR}} Adélio Bispo claimed to have committed the crime “at the behest of God”. His Facebook profile contains criticism of the political class in general, President Michel Temer and conspiracy theories against Freemasonry.{{Cite web |last=Capetti |first=Pedro |date=May 27, 2019 |title=Agressor de Bolsonaro diz que há uma 'conspiração maçônica para tomar o poder' e que faria tudo novamente |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/agressor-de-bolsonaro-diz-que-ha-uma-conspiracao-maconica-para-tomar-poder-que-faria-tudo-novamente-23698109 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210045101/https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/agressor-de-bolsonaro-diz-que-ha-uma-conspiracao-maconica-para-tomar-poder-que-faria-tudo-novamente-23698109 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=O Globo |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |date=September 6, 2018 |title=Maçonaria, apoio à esquerda e à redução da maioridade penal - o perfil do acusado de esfaquear Bolsonaro |url=https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-45441884 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722041227/https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-45441884 |archive-date=July 22, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=BBC News Brasil |language=pt-BR}} The perpetrator of the attack was a member of the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) between 2007 and 2014, and was already being prosecuted for bodily injury, allegedly committed in 2013.{{Cite web |last=Lorran |first=Tácio |date=December 12, 2024 |title=Adélio Bispo diz que já protestou contra o PT e cogitou filiar-se à direita {{!}} Metrópoles |url=https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/politica-brasil/adelio-bispo-diz-que-ja-protestou-contra-o-pt-e-cogitou-filiar-se-a-direita |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108223958/https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/politica-brasil/adelio-bispo-diz-que-ja-protestou-contra-o-pt-e-cogitou-filiar-se-a-direita |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Metrópoles |language=pt-BR}} A niece said that Adélio had been an evangelical missionary and had distanced himself from his family, also saying that he “had troubled ideas”.{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2018 |title=Quem é o autor do ataque a Bolsonaro |url=https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2018/09/07/politica/1536275050_403883.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902185216/https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2018/09/07/politica/1536275050_403883.html |archive-date=September 2, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=El País Brasil |language=pt-br}}

Adélio was at the Clube de Tiro 38, located in the city of São José, in the {{Interlanguage link|Metropolitan region of Florianópolis|lt=metropolitan region of Florianópolis|pt|Região Metropolitana de Florianópolis}}, on July 5, 2018, after receiving information that it was a place frequented by two of Jair Bolsonaro's sons, federal deputy for São Paulo Eduardo Bolsonaro and Rio de Janeiro councilman Carlos Bolsonaro.{{Cite web |date=September 8, 2018 |title=Agressor esteve em clube de tiro que filhos de Bolsonaro frequentam |url=https://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2018/09/07/agressor-esteve-em-clube-de-tiro-que-filhos-de-bolsonaro-frequentam.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004134058/https://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2018/09/07/agressor-esteve-em-clube-de-tiro-que-filhos-de-bolsonaro-frequentam.ghtml |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Jornal Nacional |language=pt-br}}

The Federal Police investigated a volume of 2 terabytes of files, including 150 hours of video and 1,200 photos.{{Cite web |date=September 6, 2018 |title=Inquérito Policial n° 0475/2018 DPF/JFA/MG |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/blogs/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2018/09/RELAT%C3%93RIO-FINAL-20180928_17464889.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202031416/https://www.estadao.com.br/blogs/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2018/09/RELAT%C3%93RIO-FINAL-20180928_17464889.pdf |archive-date=December 2, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Estadão}} Data from Adélio's cell phone shows that he knew the candidate's schedule and that he filmed and photographed places where the candidate would be in the city, such as the hotel where there would be a lunch with businessmen, the Juiz de Fora City Hall, {{Interlanguage link|Alfredo Ferreira Lage Cultural Foundation|lt=FUNALFA|pt|Fundação Cultural Alfredo Ferreira Lage}} and that he had accompanied Bolsonaro all day. He used a knife bought in Florianópolis, carried it wrapped in a newspaper and hidden inside his jacket. Two witnesses said that Adélio approached the candidate on the pretext of photographing him. After the attack, a person captured the knife and handed it over to a nearby fruit seller, who put the instrument in a plastic bag and handed it over to the Federal Police. Afterwards, forensics confirmed that the genetic profile of the blood found on the blade was Jair Bolsonaro's.

Immediately after the attack, four lawyers were hired, in an unknown way, to defend Adélio Bispo de Oliveira. The versions given by them about the financing of the defense differ.{{Cite web |last1=Marques |first1=João |last2=Ribeiro |first2=Luiz |date=September 9, 2018 |title=Igreja em Montes Claros nega bancar defesa de esfaqueador; o que diz cada advogado |url=https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2018/09/09/interna_politica,987399/igreja-em-montes-claros-nega-bancar-defesa-de-esfaqueador-o-que-diz-c.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705092221/https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2018/09/09/interna_politica,987399/igreja-em-montes-claros-nega-bancar-defesa-de-esfaqueador-o-que-diz-c.shtml |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Estado de Minas |language=pt-BR}} The final report of the Federal Police, in the inquiry investigating the attack on Jair Bolsonaro, should indicate that Adélio Bispo de Oliveira acted alone in deciding to attack the presidential candidate in Juiz de Fora.{{Cite web |date=June 6, 2024 |title=PF diz que Adélio agiu sozinho em ataque a Bolsonaro e pede arquivamento de inquérito |url=https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2024/06/11/pf-diz-que-adelio-agiu-sozinho-em-ataque-a-bolsonaro-e-pede-arquivamento-de-inquerito |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626213611/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2024/06/11/pf-diz-que-adelio-agiu-sozinho-em-ataque-a-bolsonaro-e-pede-arquivamento-de-inquerito |archive-date=June 26, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Brasil de Fato |language=pt-BR}}

After listening to more than thirty people and breaking Adélio's financial, telephone and telematic confidentiality, federal delegate Rodrigo Morais and his team found no evidence that the perpetrator of the stabbing had acted at the behest of another person or group.{{Cite web |last1=Zuba |first1=Fernando |last2=Ragazzi |first2=Lucas |date=May 14, 2020 |title=PF conclui em 2º inquérito que Adélio agiu sozinho e sem mandantes no ataque a Bolsonaro {{!}} Minas Gerais |url=https://g1.globo.com/mg/minas-gerais/noticia/2020/05/14/pf-conclui-em-2o-inquerito-que-adelio-agiu-sozinho-e-sem-mandantes-no-ataque-a-bolsonaro.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918202511/https://g1.globo.com/mg/minas-gerais/noticia/2020/05/14/pf-conclui-em-2o-inquerito-que-adelio-agiu-sozinho-e-sem-mandantes-no-ataque-a-bolsonaro.ghtml |archive-date=September 18, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}

Preliminary PF investigations released on October 18, 2018, found Adélio's ties to the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), one of Brazil's main criminal organizations, including his friendship with members of the faction and the client history of Adélio's lawyers, which includes defending PCC members. The lawyers denied any links with the group.{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2018 |title=Polícia Federal encontra laços do PCC com esfaqueador de Bolsonaro |url=https://www.otempo.com.br/hotsites/elei%C3%A7%C3%B5es-2018/pol%C3%ADcia-federal-encontra-la%C3%A7os-do-pcc-com-esfaqueador-de-bolsonaro-1.2056626 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019052520/https://www.otempo.com.br/hotsites/elei%C3%A7%C3%B5es-2018/pol%C3%ADcia-federal-encontra-la%C3%A7os-do-pcc-com-esfaqueador-de-bolsonaro-1.2056626 |archive-date=October 19, 2018 |access-date=October 19, 2018 |website=O Tempo}} Shortly before the second round of the elections, which took place on October 28, the defense lawyers' financial backer(s) stopped passing on the money.{{Cite news |last=Dal Molin |first=Giorgio |date=October 25, 2018 |title=Financiador da defesa do agressor de Bolsonaro 'some' e advogados podem deixar o caso |url=https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/eleicoes/2018/financiador-da-defesa-do-agressor-de-bolsonaro-some-e-advogados-podem-deixar-o-caso-8sp2nnumc5tyx9t0tuw466jas/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116000940/https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/eleicoes/2018/financiador-da-defesa-do-agressor-de-bolsonaro-some-e-advogados-podem-deixar-o-caso-8sp2nnumc5tyx9t0tuw466jas |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2018 |website=Gazeta do Povo}}

On June 14, 2019, federal judge Bruno Savino handed down Adélio's sentence, converting his pre-trial detention into indefinite internment. According to Savino, the defendant's “iliability was proven” and he was therefore “exempt from punishment.” As a result, he was sent to the Federal Maximum Security Penitentiary in Campo Grande, because transferring him to the prison system, according to the sentence, “would entail a concrete risk of death.” Savino also said that Adélio had shown that he still intended to assassinate Bolsonaro.

The high degree of complexity of the surgery Bolsonaro underwent made it impossible for him to continue campaigning in the 2018 elections in the traditional way, due to the minimum recovery time of one to two months. Shortly after the surgery, Senator Magno Malta recorded a video of Bolsonaro in his hospital bed. Bolsonaro said that he had only felt a bump, but after he realized what had happened, “the pain was unbearable”. He also said that he had “prepared for a moment like this, because you run risks”.{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2018 |title=Vídeo mostra Bolsonaro em hospital após cirurgia; assista |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/07/estava-preparado-para-os-riscos-e-nunca-fiz-mal-a-ninguem-diz-bolsonaro-em-video-gravado-no-hospital.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128234956/https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/07/estava-preparado-para-os-riscos-e-nunca-fiz-mal-a-ninguem-diz-bolsonaro-em-video-gravado-no-hospital.ghtml |archive-date=November 28, 2023 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} The candidate asked: “How can human beings be so evil? I've never hurt anyone".{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2018 |title=Em vídeo após facada, Bolsonaro diz: 'Nunca fiz mal a ninguém' |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/em-video-apos-facada-bolsonaro-diz-que-nunca-fez-mal-a-ninguem |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527224337/https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/em-video-apos-facada-bolsonaro-diz-que-nunca-fez-mal-a-ninguem |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Veja |language=pt-BR}}

According to the doctors at the Santa Casa in Juiz de Fora, Bolsonaro lost between forty and fifty percent of the blood in his body. “An adult man like him has between five and five and a half liters,” they said. He needed four bags of blood during the transfusion. According to the doctor and director of the hospital, Bolsonaro was not hit in “a region with many larger vessels” due to a matter of centimeters. The attack injured the superior mesenteric vein, as well as the large and small intestines.{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro está 'consciente e em boas condições clínicas', informa boletim médico |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2018/09/jair-bolsonaro-e-transferido-para-sao-paulo.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304210045/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2018/09/jair-bolsonaro-e-transferido-para-sao-paulo.shtml |archive-date=March 4, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt-BR}} On September 7, Bolsonaro was transferred to Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital at around 8:20 a.m. (BRT).{{Cite web |last=Bohem |first=Camila |date=September 7, 2018 |title=Jair Bolsonaro chega a São Paulo e é levado para o Albert Einstein |url=https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2018-09/jair-bolsonaro-chega-sao-paulo-e-e-levado-para-albert-einstein |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420144732/https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2018-09/jair-bolsonaro-chega-sao-paulo-e-e-levado-para-albert-einstein |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Agência Brasil |language=pt-br}}

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The first medical bulletin after the attack was released on September 9. The bulletin said that “the abdominal condition has improved in the last 24 hours and the patient persists in intensive care and with progress in the time spent out of bed and walking".{{Cite web |date=September 9, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro segue em boa recuperação, diz 1º boletim médico deste domingo |url=https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2018/09/09/interna_politica,987331/bolsonaro-segue-em-boa-recuperacao-diz-1-boletim-medico-deste-doming.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911191627/https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2018/09/09/interna_politica,987331/bolsonaro-segue-em-boa-recuperacao-diz-1-boletim-medico-deste-doming.shtml |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Estado de Minas |language=pt-BR}} The second bulletin, released on September 10, stated that Bolsonaro's condition was serious and that another surgery would be performed in the future to reconstruct the intestinal transit and remove the colostomy bag.{{Cite web |date=September 10, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro precisará de nova cirurgia, afirma boletim médico |url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/bolsonaro-precisara-de-nova-cirurgia-afirma-boletim-medico |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025150115/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/bolsonaro-precisara-de-nova-cirurgia-afirma-boletim-medico |archive-date=October 25, 2018 |access-date=October 25, 2018 |website=CartaCapital}} The bulletin released on September 11 said that Bolsonaro's intestines had improved.{{Cite web |date=September 11, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro apresenta melhora intestinal e voltará a receber alimentação via oral, diz boletim médico |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2018/09/11/bolsonaro-voltara-a-receber-alimentacao-via-oral-diz-boletim-medico.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527111436/https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2018/09/11/bolsonaro-voltara-a-receber-alimentacao-via-oral-diz-boletim-medico.ghtml |archive-date=May 27, 2020 |access-date=November 29, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} On the same day, Flávio Bolsonaro, Bolsonaro's eldest son, said that his father had had his first oral feeding, moving from intensive to semi-intensive recovery.{{Cite web |date=September 11, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro vai para semi-intensiva, faz refeição e agradece Juiz de Fora pelo 'grande dia' |url=https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2018/09/11/interna_politica,987833/bolsonaro-semi-intensiva-refeicao-agradece-juiz-de-fora-grande-dia.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912113507/https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2018/09/11/interna_politica,987833/bolsonaro-semi-intensiva-refeicao-agradece-juiz-de-fora-grande-dia.shtml |archive-date=September 12, 2018 |access-date=March 12, 2023 |website=Estado de Minas |language=pt-BR}}

On September 12, Bolsonaro had his oral diet suspended due to abdominal distension.{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro segue estável e tem alimentação oral suspensa, diz boletim médico |url=https://g1.globo.com/google/amp/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/12/bolsonaro-segue-estavel-e-tem-alimentacao-oral-suspensa-diz-boletim-medico.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001174557/https://g1.globo.com/google/amp/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/12/bolsonaro-segue-estavel-e-tem-alimentacao-oral-suspensa-diz-boletim-medico.ghtml |archive-date=October 1, 2021 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} On the same day, Bolsonaro underwent emergency surgery to unclog the adhesion of the intestinal walls.{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2018 |title=Jair Bolsonaro passa por nova cirurgia em SP; candidato passa bem |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/12/jair-bolsonaro-passa-por-nova-cirurgia.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828071207/https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/12/jair-bolsonaro-passa-por-nova-cirurgia.ghtml |archive-date=August 28, 2023 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} He progressed well after the surgery.{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro evolui bem após cirurgia no intestino, diz boletim médico |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/13/bolsonaro-evolui-bem-apos-cirurgia-no-intestino-diz-boletim-medico.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005035929/https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/13/bolsonaro-evolui-bem-apos-cirurgia-no-intestino-diz-boletim-medico.ghtml |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} Bolsonaro remained in stable clinical condition on the 14th{{Cite web |last=Moraes |first=Juliana |date=September 14, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro está em 'condições clínicas estáveis' após cirurgia |url=https://noticias.r7.com/brasil/bolsonaro-esta-em-condicoes-clinicas-estaveis-apos-cirurgia-14092018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://noticias.r7.com/brasil/bolsonaro-esta-em-condicoes-clinicas-estaveis-apos-cirurgia-14092018/ |archive-date=September 17, 2018 |access-date=September 17, 2018 |website=R7.com}} and later underwent physiotherapy.{{Cite web |last=Pereira |first=Pablo |date=September 14, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro faz fisioterapia e não apresenta sinais de infecção |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/eleicoes/bolsonaro-faz-fisioterapia-e-nao-apresenta-sinais-de-infeccao/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203180201/https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/eleicoes/bolsonaro-faz-fisioterapia-e-nao-apresenta-sinais-de-infeccao/ |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}} The candidate also remained stable on the 15th.{{Cite web |date=September 15, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro 'mantém estabilidade e não apresenta complicações', diz boletim médico |url=https://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/politica/2018-09-15/jair-bolsonaro-boletim-medico.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919122357/https://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/politica/2018-09-15/jair-bolsonaro-boletim-medico.html |archive-date=September 19, 2021 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Portal iG |language=pt-BR}} On September 16, Bolsonaro was discharged from the ICU and moved to the semi-intensive unit.{{Cite web |date=September 16, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro recebe alta da UTI e segue para semi-intensiva |url=https://www.terra.com.br/noticias/eleicoes/bolsonaro-recebe-alta-da-uti-e-segue-para-unidade-semi-intensiva-diz-einstein,12e00d50138cbf15f88a11c9b77c41d6blalwqea.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030114541/https://www.terra.com.br/noticias/eleicoes/bolsonaro-recebe-alta-da-uti-e-segue-para-unidade-semi-intensiva-diz-einstein,12e00d50138cbf15f88a11c9b77c41d6blalwqea.html |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Terra |language=pt-BR}}

On September 19, Bolsonaro began oral liquid feeding.{{Cite web |date=September 19, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro inicia alimentação líquida oral e reage bem, diz boletim médico |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/19/bolsonaro-inicia-alimentacao-liquida-oral-e-reage-bem-diz-boletim-medico.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201184522/https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/19/bolsonaro-inicia-alimentacao-liquida-oral-e-reage-bem-diz-boletim-medico.ghtml |archive-date=December 1, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} On the 20th, he underwent drainage after a CT scan indicated the presence of fluid on the side of his intestine.{{Cite web |date=September 20, 2024 |title=Bolsonaro passa por drenagem após apresentar líquido ao lado do intestino e posta vídeo caminhando |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/20/bolsonaro-passa-por-drenagem-apos-tomografia-indicar-liquido-ao-lado-do-intestino-diz-boletim.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201235555/https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/20/bolsonaro-passa-por-drenagem-apos-tomografia-indicar-liquido-ao-lado-do-intestino-diz-boletim.ghtml |archive-date=December 1, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} He began to recover bowel movements on the 21st, as well as starting a soft diet,{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro recupera movimentos intestinais e inicia dieta pastosa, diz boletim |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/21/bolsonaro-recupera-movimentos-intestinais-e-inicia-dieta-pastosa-diz-boletim.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809233154/https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/21/bolsonaro-recupera-movimentos-intestinais-e-inicia-dieta-pastosa-diz-boletim.ghtml |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} and was discharged from the semi-intensive care unit the following day.{{Cite web |date=September 22, 2018 |title=Jair Bolsonaro recebe alta da unidade de terapia semi-intensiva, diz hospital |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2018/09/22/jair-bolsonaro-recebe-alta-do-semi-intensivo-e-vai-para-quarto-diz-hospital.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201125801/https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2018/09/22/jair-bolsonaro-recebe-alta-do-semi-intensivo-e-vai-para-quarto-diz-hospital.ghtml |archive-date=December 1, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} Bolsonaro had the drain removed from his abdomen and began receiving a light diet from September 23,{{Cite web |date=September 23, 2018 |title=Jair Bolsonaro tem dreno retirado e recebe 'dieta leve', diz hospital |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2018/09/23/jair-bolsonaro-tem-dreno-retirado-e-recebe-dieta-leve-diz-hospital.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923205808/https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2018/09/23/jair-bolsonaro-tem-dreno-retirado-e-recebe-dieta-leve-diz-hospital.ghtml |archive-date=September 23, 2018 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} and started a soft diet from the 25th.{{Cite web |date=September 25, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro inicia 'dieta branda' com boa aceitação, diz boletim médico |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/25/bolsonaro-inicia-dieta-branda-com-boa-aceitacao-diz-boletim-medico.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809230309/https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/25/bolsonaro-inicia-dieta-branda-com-boa-aceitacao-diz-boletim-medico.ghtml |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} He remained hospitalized with good clinical progress,{{Cite web |date=September 26, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro segue internado com boa evolução clínica, diz boletim |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/26/bolsonaro-segue-internado-com-boa-evolucao-clinica-diz-boletim.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810015817/https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/26/bolsonaro-segue-internado-com-boa-evolucao-clinica-diz-boletim.ghtml |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} but had a fever on the 28th.{{Cite web |last=Beraldo |first=Paulo |date=September 28, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro tem febre, mas alta no fim de semana está mantida |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/eleicoes/bolsonaro-apresenta-febre-mas-alta-no-fim-de-semana-esta-mantida/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019220803/https://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/eleicoes,bolsonaro-apresenta-febre-mas-alta-no-fim-de-semana-esta-mantida,70002523560 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}}

Bolsonaro was discharged on September 29.{{Cite web |date=September 29, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro recebe alta e deixa hospital em São Paulo |url=https://g1.globo.com/google/amp/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/29/bolsonaro-recebe-alta-de-hospital-em-sao-paulo-diz-presidente-do-psl.ghtml#referrer=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%2520%25251%2524s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008063543/https://g1.globo.com/google/amp/sp/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/29/bolsonaro-recebe-alta-de-hospital-em-sao-paulo-diz-presidente-do-psl.ghtml#referrer=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%2520%25251%2524s |archive-date=October 8, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} In the following weeks, on medical advice, he remained at home for most of the time, but was allowed to go out briefly.{{Cite web |last1=Barreiras |first1=Gabriel |last2=Alves |first2=Raoni |date=October 11, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro participa de primeiro ato de campanha após atentado |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/10/11/em-primeiro-ato-eleitoral-apos-atentado-bolsonaro-reafirma-guedes-e-lorenzoni-como-ministros.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109021231/https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/10/11/em-primeiro-ato-eleitoral-apos-atentado-bolsonaro-reafirma-guedes-e-lorenzoni-como-ministros.ghtml |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} Because of his limitations, he continued with his political campaign, giving interviews and posting on his social networks. After not appearing in the debate held by TV Globo, his first interview after the attack was given to TV Record's Jornal da Record, at his home, where Bolsonaro cried and criticized the PT.{{Cite web |date=October 4, 2018 |title=Perdeu a entrevista exclusiva de Jair Bolsonaro à Record? Assista aqui |url=https://www.opovo.com.br/noticias/politica/2018/10/assista-ao-vivo-transmissao-entrevista-bolsonaro-record-quinta-04-10.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223034324/https://www.opovo.com.br/noticias/politica/2018/10/assista-ao-vivo-transmissao-entrevista-bolsonaro-record-quinta-04-10.html |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=O Povo |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |date=October 4, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro fala com exclusividade ao Jornal da Record às 22h |url=https://record.r7.com/jornal-da-record/bolsonaro-fala-com-exclusividade-ao-jornal-da-record-as-22h-29062022/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203183210/https://record.r7.com/jornal-da-record/bolsonaro-fala-com-exclusividade-ao-jornal-da-record-as-22h-29062022/ |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Jornal da Record |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |last=de Sá |first=Nelson |date=October 16, 2018 |title=Análise: Record oferece tratamento diferenciado, mas Bolsonaro não retribui, ainda |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2018/10/record-oferece-tratamento-diferenciado-mas-bolsonaro-nao-retribui-ainda.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412165207/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2018/10/record-oferece-tratamento-diferenciado-mas-bolsonaro-nao-retribui-ainda.shtml |archive-date=April 12, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt-BR}} He was also able to make a number of statements on social media.{{Cite web |date=October 10, 2018 |title=Bolsonaro ficará fora do 1º debate do 2º turno após reavaliação médica |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/10/10/medicos-chegam-a-casa-de-jair-bolsonaro-para-nova-avaliacao.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112034745/https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/10/10/medicos-chegam-a-casa-de-jair-bolsonaro-para-nova-avaliacao.ghtml |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=December 12, 2022 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}

In April to May 2025, Bolsonaro underwent surgery and was hospitalized at the DF Star clinic in Brasilia for 17 days to fix an intestinal obstruction as a result of the assassination attempt.{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250504-bolsonaro-leaves-hospital-three-weeks-after-abdominal-surgery |title=Bolsonaro leaves hospital three weeks after abdominal surgery |access-date=5 May 2025|date=5 May 2025 |publisher=France 24}}

After an investigation, the PF concluded on September 28, 2018, that Adélio acted alone.{{Cite web |date=September 29, 2018 |title=PF conclui que agressor de Jair Bolsonaro agiu sozinho |url=https://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2018/09/28/pf-conclui-que-agressor-de-jair-bolsonaro-agiu-sozinho.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111181900/https://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2018/09/28/pf-conclui-que-agressor-de-jair-bolsonaro-agiu-sozinho.ghtml |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Jornal Nacional |language=pt-br}} The investigation analyzed images of the attack on the circuit cameras of stores and banks at the scene of the stabbing and also found that Adélio Bispo de Oliveira had tried to attack Bolsonaro beforehand.{{Cite web |date=September 6, 2018 |title=Inquérito Policial nº 0475/2018 DPF/JFA/MG |url=https://cdn.oantagonista.com/uploads/2018/09/adelio.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203203700/https://cdn.oantagonista.com/uploads/2018/09/adelio.pdf |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=O Antagonista}} The PF said that bank secrecy breaches did not indicate suspicious money and analysis of cell phones and chips brought irrelevant information, reinforcing the indications that he acted alone. In the report, the police say that: “Adélio previously photographed some places where Bolsonaro would be in the city. In other photos and images found on his cell phone, it was evident that he was with the candidate throughout the day, and even had access to the hotel where a lunch with businessmen was scheduled. Therefore, there are strong elements that Adélio made a prior, thoughtful and planned decision to attempt Bolsonaro's life.

However, in a second investigation, opened on September 25, 2018, the PF is delving deeper into Adélio's possible connections by analyzing more than 6,000 cell phone conversations, more than 1,000 emails and telephone data from the last five years, as well as the source of the attacker's defense funding. On January 23, 2019, the Public Prosecutor's Office extended the investigation for 90 days. On December 21, the police served two search and seizure warrants at addresses linked to lawyer Zanone Manuel de Oliveira Júnior, responsible for Adélio Bispo's defense, who again said that the name of who hired him to defend Adélio is confidential.{{Cite web |last=Bomfim |first=Camila |date=January 23, 2024 |title=Inquérito que apura quem financiou defesa do agressor de Bolsonaro é prorrogado {{!}} Política |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2019/01/23/justica-prorroga-segundo-inquerito-sobre-ataque-a-bolsonaro.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201155331/https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2019/01/23/justica-prorroga-segundo-inquerito-sobre-ataque-a-bolsonaro.ghtml |archive-date=December 1, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}

On June 11, 2024, the Federal Police reiterated their conclusion that Adélio Bispo de Oliveira was solely responsible for the attack on then-presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro during a campaign event in Juiz de Fora, in the state of Minas Gerais, in 2018.{{Cite web |last=Rovai |first=Renato |date=June 11, 2024 |title=Lobo solitário: PF conclui inquérito de facada em Bolsonaro; Adélio agiu sozinho |url=https://revistaforum.com.br/blogs/blog-do-rovai/2024/6/11/lobo-solitario-pf-conclui-inquerito-de-facada-em-bolsonaro-adelio-agiu-sozinho-110624-160303.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611192148/https://revistaforum.com.br/blogs/blog-do-rovai/2024/6/11/lobo-solitario-pf-conclui-inquerito-de-facada-em-bolsonaro-adelio-agiu-sozinho-110624-160303.html |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Revista Fórum |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |last=Chaib |first=Júlia |date=June 11, 2024 |title=PF encerra caso Adélio e repete que ele agiu sozinho em ataque a faca a Bolsonaro |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2024/06/pf-encerra-caso-adelio-e-repete-que-ele-agiu-sozinho-em-ataque-a-faca-a-bolsonaro.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009102523/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2024/06/pf-encerra-caso-adelio-e-repete-que-ele-agiu-sozinho-em-ataque-a-faca-a-bolsonaro.shtml |archive-date=October 9, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt-BR}}

The attack has been used to spread conspiracy theories, both by Bolsonaro's supporters and critics. On the one hand, Bolsonaro supporters created a documentary called A Facada no Mito, released on YouTube on December 22, 2018, raising points that try to contradict the version of the PF, implying that the attacker did not act alone, and may even have had Bolsonaro's own security team as accomplices.{{Cite web |last=Lungaretti |first=Celso |date=January 2, 2019 |title=O documentário que põe em dúvida a facada no mito |url=https://www.correiodobrasil.com.br/a/o-documentario-que-poe-em-duvida-a-facada-no-mito |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203204349/https://www.correiodobrasil.com.br/a/o-documentario-que-poe-em-duvida-a-facada-no-mito |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Correio do Brasil |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |last=Braga |first=Alencar |date=December 31, 2018 |title=Facada no mito: se PF faz vistas grossas, caberá ao Congresso Nacional investigar a verdade |url=https://revistaforum.com.br/facada-no-mito-se-pf-faz-vistas-grossas-cabera-ao-congresso-nacional-investigar-a-verdade/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231153958/https://revistaforum.com.br/facada-no-mito-se-pf-faz-vistas-grossas-cabera-ao-congresso-nacional-investigar-a-verdade/ |archive-date=December 31, 2018 |access-date=December 31, 2018 |website=Revista Fórum}} In addition, suspicions were raised about posts on social networks that suggested that other demonstrators were co-perpetrators of the crime, promoting harassment and threats against these users. The latter voluntarily went to the PF to provide clarifications and the hypotheses raised were not upheld.

On the other hand, critics of Jair Bolsonaro question the authenticity of the stabbing incident, referring to it as a "fakeada" — a blend of the words "fake" and "facada" (Portuguese for "stabbing") — suggesting that the attack was staged.{{Cite web |last=Aggio |first=Camilo |date=September 19, 2019 |title=Camilo Aggio: Essa 'fakeada' tem cara de fake |url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/opiniao/essa-fakeada-tem-cara-de-fake/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902124813/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/opiniao/essa-fakeada-tem-cara-de-fake/ |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=CartaCapital |language=pt-BR}} They argue it was a strategy to excuse Bolsonaro from participating in political debates and to secure him greater media coverage.{{Cite web |date=March 1, 2022 |title=Usuários voltam a questionar facada em Bolsonaro no Twitter |url=https://www.poder360.com.br/brasil/usuarios-voltam-a-questionar-facada-em-bolsonaro-no-twitter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182903/https://www.poder360.com.br/brasil/usuarios-voltam-a-questionar-facada-em-bolsonaro-no-twitter/ |archive-date=January 18, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Poder360 |language=pt-br}}

On September 6, 2018, singer Netinho posted on his social media that the attack on Jair Bolsonaro had been ordered by the PSOL party, accompanied by a false video showing Bolsonaro supposedly being punched in the stomach after the stabbing. The video circulated among some parts of the media, and Senator Magno Malta voiced suspicions that one of Bolsonaro's security guards might have betrayed him. Carlos Bolsonaro refuted the punch claim on Twitter, stating that the alleged security guard was a federal police officer who was simply opening the car door for Bolsonaro to enter. A Federal Police investigation confirmed the officer's identity as Luiz Felipe Félix, and it was revealed that he had to be relocated due to the hostility he faced from the false accusation. While the PSOL acknowledged Adélio's affiliation with the party, they denied any involvement in the attack. Testimonies revealed that Adélio never attended any PSOL meetings. The Federal Police inquiry concluded that “the data from phones, computers, diaries, notes, emails, and social media, as well as fieldwork and interviews, failed to produce any evidence or even suspicions of complicity or participation by members of PSOL or PSD in the attack on then-candidate Jair Messias Bolsonaro". The issue resurfaced in 2022 following the assassination of Marcelo Arruda, when Bolsonaro referenced Adélio's PSOL membership to defend himself from accusations of political violence.

The theory was supported by Ana Paula Henkel on January 4, 2022, during the "Pingos nos Is" program on Jovem Pan, suggesting that Adélio might have had a false alibi. At the time, Bolsonaro had just removed his nasogastric tube and was about to be discharged from the hospital.{{Cite web |last=Moura |first=Paulo |date=May 5, 2022 |title=Ana: "Se Adélio fosse um lobo solitário, existiria tanto sigilo?" |url=https://pleno.news/brasil/politica-nacional/ana-paula-se-adelio-fosse-realmente-um-lobo-solitario-existiria-tanto-sigilo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241204134054/https://pleno.news/brasil/politica-nacional/ana-paula-se-adelio-fosse-realmente-um-lobo-solitario-existiria-tanto-sigilo.html |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Pleno News |language=pt}}

In 2019, a false claim spread that the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) had identified R$50,000 in deposits from Jean Wyllys to Adélio's lawyer. Despite the secrecy surrounding the deposit details, investigations concluded that Adélio acted alone, and Wyllys' name was never mentioned in any official inquiry.{{Cite web |last=Pennafort |first=Roberta |date=September 4, 2020 |title=É #FAKE que MPF descobriu depósitos de Jean Wyllys para defesa de Adélio Bispo |url=https://g1.globo.com/fato-ou-fake/noticia/2020/09/24/e-fake-que-mpf-descobriu-depositos-de-jean-wyllys-para-defesa-de-adelio-bispo.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106131817/https://g1.globo.com/fato-ou-fake/noticia/2020/09/24/e-fake-que-mpf-descobriu-depositos-de-jean-wyllys-para-defesa-de-adelio-bispo.ghtml |archive-date=January 6, 2022 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}

In the same year, Regina Villela, a Social Liberal Party (PSL) candidate for federal deputy in Ceará, posted a video making a series of accusations against Wyllys. First, she claimed Wyllys had resigned from his political office because the new legislature did not offer parliamentary immunity. This was false, as the new legislature only changed the rules regarding "special forum" privileges for crimes committed during a mandate. She also claimed Adélio had contacted Wyllys in the Chamber of Deputies, and that there had been an attempt to fabricate an alibi to remove suspicions since there was a record of Adélio entering on the same day as the attack. The story was originally reported by the news site O Antagonista, which published that Adélio had entered the House twice on the day of the attack.{{Cite web |last=Dantas |first=Claudio |date=September 19, 2018 |title=Exclusivo: Câmara tem registro de visitas de Adélio Bispo no dia do atentado |url=https://oantagonista.com.br/brasil/exclusivo-camara-tem-registro-de-visitas-de-adelio-bispo-no-dia-atentado/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629101659/https://oantagonista.com.br/brasil/exclusivo-camara-tem-registro-de-visitas-de-adelio-bispo-no-dia-atentado/ |archive-date=June 29, 2024 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=O Antagonista |language=pt-BR}} However, this visit record was from 2013, and there were 432 other deputies in the same building. The Legislative Police confirmed that the disinformation stemmed from a receptionist who had mistakenly added the entry record four hours after the attack.{{Cite web |last=Bragon |first=Ranier |date=September 19, 2018 |title=Câmara registrou entrada de esfaqueador por engano, diz diretor da polícia legislativa |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2018/09/camara-registrou-entrada-de-esfaqueador-por-engano-diz-diretor-da-policia-legislativa.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718073818/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2018/09/camara-registrou-entrada-de-esfaqueador-por-engano-diz-diretor-da-policia-legislativa.shtml |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt-BR}}

In May 2020, pro-Bolsonaro blogger Oswaldo Eustáquio Filho accused PSOL and Jean Wyllys of being behind the attack. He also claimed there was a photo of an activist named Mergulhador with Adélio, and that the Federal Police had linked him to the stabbing. Eustáquio claimed he had known Mergulhador since 2016 and that he was present during the attack. On May 26, 2020, Mergulhador confirmed that a photo with Adélio had been posted on Facebook, taken at a protest against former President Michel Temer. He also stated that Adélio had complimented Wyllys and suggested that they had met in the Chamber of Deputies, a claim similar to the one made by Regina Villela. Mergulhador was questioned by the Federal Police and admitted to the photo's existence but stated that he only recalled someone mentioning Wyllys’ name.{{Cite web |last1=Coelho |first1=Henrique |last2=Rocha |first2=Laura |date=July 7, 2022 |title=Justiça condena blogueiro e mais um por danos morais contra Jean Wyllys |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2022/07/07/justica-condena-blogueiro-e-mais-um-por-danos-morais-contra-jean-wyllys.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725235037/https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2022/07/07/justica-condena-blogueiro-e-mais-um-por-danos-morais-contra-jean-wyllys.ghtml |archive-date=July 25, 2022 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} He also clarified that his interaction with Adélio lasted only a few seconds and that it was not proven that he was present during the stabbing. Mergulhador was ordered to pay R$20,000 in compensation to Jean Wyllys in 2022.

Oswaldo Eustáquio was also convicted in February 2022 and ordered to pay R$10,000 in damages and serve four months and 20 days of open detention. Judge Telmo Zaions Zainko stated that the theory emerged from a distortion of a statement given to the Federal Police.{{Cite web |last=Bergamo |first=Mônica |date=February 2, 2022 |title=Mônica Bergamo: Justiça condena blogueiro bolsonarista por dizer que PSOL participou de facada em Bolsonaro |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/monicabergamo/2022/02/justica-condena-blogueiro-bolsonarista-por-dizer-que-psol-participou-de-facada-em-bolsonaro.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725232815/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/monicabergamo/2022/02/justica-condena-blogueiro-bolsonarista-por-dizer-que-psol-participou-de-facada-em-bolsonaro.shtml |archive-date=July 25, 2022 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |last=Bergamo |first=Mônica |date=July 11, 2020 |title=Mônica Bergamo: Ministério Público se manifesta pela condenação de blogueiro bolsonarista por difamação contra o PSOL |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/monicabergamo/2021/11/ministerio-publico-se-manifesta-pela-condenacao-de-blogueiro-bolsonarista-por-difamacao-contra-o-psol.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216155254/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/monicabergamo/2021/11/ministerio-publico-se-manifesta-pela-condenacao-de-blogueiro-bolsonarista-por-difamacao-contra-o-psol.shtml |archive-date=February 16, 2022 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt-BR}}

In 2021, it was falsely reported that Jean Wyllys had been summoned to testify before the Federal Police in September 2018 and had fled Barcelona to avoid justice. This claim was false, as Jean had been living in the city at the time.{{Cite web |date=December 12, 2022 |title=Em Barcelona, Jean Wyllys expõe desenhos de seu exílio político: "Preciso produzir memória" |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/rfi/2022/12/12/em-barcelona-jean-wyllys-expoe-desenhos-de-seu-exilio-politico-preciso-produzir-memoria.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217112818/https://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/rfi/2022/12/12/em-barcelona-jean-wyllys-expoe-desenhos-de-seu-exilio-politico-preciso-produzir-memoria.htm |archive-date=December 17, 2022 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Universo Online |language=pt-br}}

Other prominent figures who have endorsed similar conspiracy theories include Jair Bolsonaro, Marcos Feliciano (who was ordered to pay R$41,800 in compensation to Wyllys), Marcos do Val (also ordered to pay R$41,800, with a daily fine if he fails to delete his social media posts), Olavo de Carvalho (who was instructed to delete posts within 48 hours and pay Jean R$10,000 if he did not comply), Carlos Bolsonaro, Eduardo Bolsonaro, Bia Kicis, Bibo Nunes, {{Interlanguage link|Frederick Wassef|lt=Frederick Wassef|pt|Frederick Wassef}}, Ed Raposo, and Otávio Fakhoury. All are facing lawsuits from Jean Wyllys. Kicis and Fakhoury are also under investigation by the Supreme Federal Court for their involvement in digital militias.{{Cite web |last=Rodas |first=Sérgio |date=June 30, 2021 |title=Feliciano deve indenizar Wyllys por associá-lo a facada em Bolsonaro |url=https://www.conjur.com.br/2021-jun-30/feliciano-indenizar-wyllys-associa-lo-facada-bolsonaro/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726052237/https://www.conjur.com.br/2021-jun-30/feliciano-indenizar-wyllys-associa-lo-facada-bolsonaro |archive-date=July 26, 2022 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Consultor Jurídico}}{{Cite web |last=Saconi |first=João Paulo |date=August 18, 2022 |title=Senador é condenado a indenizar Jean Wyllys por fake news sobre facada em Bolsonaro |url=https://blogs.oglobo.globo.com/lauro-jardim/post/senador-e-condenado-indenizar-jean-wyllys-por-fake-news-sobre-facada-em-bolsonaro.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726053746/https://blogs.oglobo.globo.com/lauro-jardim/post/senador-e-condenado-indenizar-jean-wyllys-por-fake-news-sobre-facada-em-bolsonaro.html |archive-date=July 26, 2022 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=O Globo |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |last1=Dal Piva |first1=Juliana |last2=Saconi |first2=João |date=February 6, 2022 |title=TJ do Rio dá 48 horas para Olavo de Carvalho excluir posts associando Jean Wyllys a Adélio Bispo no Facebook |url=https://blogs.oglobo.globo.com/sonar-a-escuta-das-redes/post/tj-do-rio-da-48-horas-para-olavo-de-carvalho-excluir-post-associando-jean-wyllys-adelio-bispo-no-facebook.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726053220/https://blogs.oglobo.globo.com/sonar-a-escuta-das-redes/post/tj-do-rio-da-48-horas-para-olavo-de-carvalho-excluir-post-associando-jean-wyllys-adelio-bispo-no-facebook.html |archive-date=July 26, 2022 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=O Globo |language=pt-br}}

On September 8, 2018, Bolsonaro engineer Renato Henrique Scheidemantel accused PT banker and trade unionist Lívia Gomes Terra on his Facebook page of having given the knife used in the crime to Adélio.{{Cite web |date=May 19, 2022 |title=Engenheiro é condenado por notícia falsa que apontava envolvimento de bancária com Adélio Bispo em atentado a Bolsonaro em Juiz de Fora |url=https://g1.globo.com/mg/zona-da-mata/noticia/2022/05/19/engenheiro-e-condenado-por-noticia-falsa-que-apontava-envolvimento-de-bancaria-com-adelio-bispo-em-atentado-a-bolsonaro-em-juiz-de-fora.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622044719/https://g1.globo.com/mg/zona-da-mata/noticia/2022/05/19/engenheiro-e-condenado-por-noticia-falsa-que-apontava-envolvimento-de-bancaria-com-adelio-bispo-em-atentado-a-bolsonaro-em-juiz-de-fora.ghtml |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} The story grew over time and they began to dissect her life on social media. They found out a lot of information about her, including her profession and phone number, and she also received threats in private messages. As a result, Lívia developed post-traumatic stress disorder and panic disorder. She says that for the past four years, she has only left the house to go to work or to be accompanied.{{Cite web |last=Éboli |first=Evandro |date=August 5, 2024 |title='Quero recuperar minha vida', diz alvo de fake news sobre facada em Bolsonaro |url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2024/08/6913254-quero-recuperar-minha-vida-diz-alvo-de-fake-news-sobre-facada-em-bolsonaro.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823092843/https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2024/08/6913254-quero-recuperar-minha-vida-diz-alvo-de-fake-news-sobre-facada-em-bolsonaro.html |archive-date=August 23, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Correio Braziliense |language=pt-BR}} Investigations by the Federal and Military Police show that on the day of the attack she was at home with a doctor's certificate recovering from an illness. Scheidemantel was sentenced to 10 months and 20 days in prison, but because he was a first-time offender, his sentence was reversed to a restrictive sentence of rights and community service.{{Cite web |last=Carvalho |first=Igor |date=July 11, 2022 |title=Justiça condena bolsonarista que acusou bancária de participação em atentado de Adélio |url=https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2022/07/11/justica-condena-bolsonarista-que-acusou-bancaria-de-participacao-em-atentado-de-adelio |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726061542/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2022/07/11/justica-condena-bolsonarista-que-acusou-bancaria-de-participacao-em-atentado-de-adelio |archive-date=July 26, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Brasil de Fato |language=pt-BR}}

In September 2018, evangelical pastor Silas Malafaia made a series of posts accusing Adélio of being an advisor to Dilma Roussef, a post that had great repercussions during the elections.{{Cite web |date=September 8, 2018 |title=Silas Malafaia diz que agressor de Bolsonaro é 'militante do PT e assessora campanha de Dilma'; ex-presidente ameaça processar o pastor |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/08/silas-malafaia-diz-que-agressor-de-bolsonaro-e-militante-do-pt-e-assessora-campanha-de-dilma-ex-presidente-ameaca-processar-o-pastor.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707084938/https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/08/silas-malafaia-diz-que-agressor-de-bolsonaro-e-militante-do-pt-e-assessora-campanha-de-dilma-ex-presidente-ameaca-processar-o-pastor.ghtml |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} Dilma's press office said it would sue Malafaia for libel, slander and defamation.{{Cite web |date=November 10, 2019 |title=Silas Malafaia se desmente sobre publicações em 2018: 'Adélio nunca foi militante do PT nem assessorou Dilma' |url=https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2019/11/10/interna_politica,1099980/malafaia-se-desmente-adelio-nunca-foi-do-pt-nem-assessorou-dilma.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215184109/https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2019/11/10/interna_politica,1099980/malafaia-se-desmente-adelio-nunca-foi-do-pt-nem-assessorou-dilma.shtml |archive-date=December 15, 2019 |access-date=December 2, 2024 |website=Estado de Minas |language=pt-BR}} Then, on November 10, 2019, the pastor retracted his statement on social media, saying that he had posted fake news by accident and that Adélio actually had ties to PSOL.{{Cite web |date=November 10, 2018 |title=Malafaia posta vídeo se retratando por postagens sobre Adélio, Dilma e PT |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2019/11/10/malafaia-posta-video-se-retratando-por-postagens-sobre-adelio-dilma-e-pt.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212151238/https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2019/11/10/malafaia-posta-video-se-retratando-por-postagens-sobre-adelio-dilma-e-pt.htm |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Universo Online |language=pt-br}}

In September 2018, a photo circulated on social media showing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Dilma Roussef, Gleisi Hoffmann, Guilherme Boulos and Luiz Marinho with a man identified as Adélio Bispo. However, he is João Paulo Rodrigues, leader of the Landless Workers' Movement (MST). The image was originally published on April 6, 2018, on the G1 news portal, entitled "Lula spends the early hours of the morning at the ABC metalworkers' union after arrest order. It circulated again in 2020 and 2021".{{Cite web |last=Machado |first=Lívia |date=April 6, 2018 |title=Lula passa a madrugada no sindicato dos metalúrgicos do ABC após ordem de prisão |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/lula-passa-a-madrugada-na-sede-do-sindicato-do-abc-apos-ordem-de-prisao.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513162219/https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/lula-passa-a-madrugada-na-sede-do-sindicato-do-abc-apos-ordem-de-prisao.ghtml |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} Another out-of-context photo that circulated was one of Gleisi Hoffmann with a supporter, posted on the party president's social networks on the same day as the attack.{{Cite web |last=Prata |first=Pedro |date=September 25, 2020 |title=Líder do MST em foto com petistas é falsamente identificado como Adélio Bispo |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/lider-do-mst-em-foto-com-petistas-e-falsamente-identificado-como-adelio-bispo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714161410/https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/lider-do-mst-em-foto-com-petistas-e-falsamente-identificado-como-adelio-bispo/ |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2021 |title=Não é Adélio Bispo o homem em foto com os ex-presidentes Lula e Dilma |url=https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/internacional/factcheck/2021/03/22/interna_internacional,1249529/nao-e-adelio-bispo-o-homem-em-foto-com-os-ex-presidentes-lula-e-dilma.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323153710/https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/internacional/factcheck/2021/03/22/interna_internacional,1249529/nao-e-adelio-bispo-o-homem-em-foto-com-os-ex-presidentes-lula-e-dilma.shtml |archive-date=March 23, 2021 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Estado de Minas |language=pt-BR}} The supporter was identified as Adélio, but the photo was taken in Curitiba. The image's metadata confirms its origin. This photo circulated in 2018 and came back into vogue in 2022.{{Cite web |date=May 24, 2022 |title=Homem em foto com Gleisi não é Adélio Bispo; boato de 2018 voltou a viralizar |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/gleisi-adelio-foto/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421093007/https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/gleisi-adelio-foto/ |archive-date=April 21, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}} In 2020, two photos of Lula with a man identified as Adélio Bispo circulated on social media. In fact, this man is orthopedic doctor Marcos Heridijanio Moura Bezerra, a candidate for federal deputy in 2018.{{Cite web |last=Lima |first=Samuel |date=May 26, 2020 |title=Médico em foto com Lula é falsamente identificado como 'irmão de Adélio Bispo' |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/medico-em-foto-com-lula-e-falsamente-identificado-como-irmao-de-adelio-bispo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509232536/https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/medico-em-foto-com-lula-e-falsamente-identificado-como-irmao-de-adelio-bispo/ |archive-date=May 9, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}}

In 2021, Carlos Bolsonaro and other Bolsonaro supporters shared an excerpt from an interview in which ex-minister José Dirceu said that the attack on Bolsonaro “was our mistake”.{{Cite web |title=Vídeo usa frase antiga de Dirceu para alimentar tese infundada de ligação entre PT e facada contra Bolsonaro |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/jose-dirceu-erro-facada-bolsonaro-pt/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}} In an interview for {{Interlanguage link|Forum (Brazilian magazine)|lt=Fórum magazine|pt|Fórum (revista)}}, Dirceu says he was listing facts about the government and the excerpt was out of context.{{Cite web |last=Longo |first=Ivan |date=August 18, 2024 |title=Dirceu desmente armação de bolsonaristas para associá-lo a Adélio e facada |url=https://revistaforum.com.br/redes-sociais/2021/8/18/dirceu-desmente-armao-de-bolsonaristas-para-associa-lo-adelio-facada-102107.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718233734/https://revistaforum.com.br/redes-sociais/2021/8/18/dirceu-desmente-armao-de-bolsonaristas-para-associa-lo-adelio-facada-102107.html |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Revista Fórum |language=pt-BR}}

On February 14, 2022, fake news circulated that hacker group Anonymous had released a new statement by Adélio Bispo, in which he admitted that he had been hired by the Workers' Party. The news was spread on Twitter by the profile @AnonNovidades, an alleged member of Anonymous. The Federal Police deny that the deposition took place.{{Cite web |last=Prata |first=Pedro |date=February 2, 2022 |title=PF nega boato de que Adélio Bispo prestou novo depoimento em inquérito sobre atentado a Bolsonaro |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/adelio-bispo-depoimento-bolsonaro/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908222750/https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/adelio-bispo-depoimento-bolsonaro/ |archive-date=September 8, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}} The Bolsonaro news site Terra Brasil published content based on the tweet.{{Cite web |date=April 13, 2022 |title=Podcast explica a corrida de bolsonaristas para esconder vídeos no YouTube |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/podcasts/2022/04/podcast-explica-a-corrida-de-bolsonaristas-para-esconder-videos-no-youtube.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205090534/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/podcasts/2022/04/podcast-explica-a-corrida-de-bolsonaristas-para-esconder-videos-no-youtube.shtml |archive-date=December 5, 2023 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt-BR}}

Bolsonaro content creator Gustavo Gayer accused the PT of having hired Adélio Bispo and the press of covering up the case.

In 2018, rumors surfaced claiming that Manuela d'Ávila, a member of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) and Fernando Haddad's running mate during the 2018 elections, made between 6 and 18 calls to Adélio Bispo on the same day as the attack.{{Cite web |last=Beraldo |first=Paulo |date=September 24, 2019 |title=Alvo de fake news sobre Adelio, Manuela d'Ávila é ameaçada nas redes sociais |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/eleicoes/apos-fake-news-sobre-adelio-manuela-davila-e-ameacada-nas-redes-sociais/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026225212/https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/eleicoes/apos-fake-news-sobre-adelio-manuela-davila-e-ameacada-nas-redes-sociais/ |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}} The original rumor appeared on the Facebook page "Partido Bolsonaro." These claims resurfaced in 2019. Manuela herself denied the story in an interview with Quebrando o Tabu.{{Cite web |last=Araujo |first=Pedro Zambarda de |date=November 30, 2018 |title=VÍDEO - Quebrando Tabu grava vídeo com Manuela D'Ávila abordando fake news na eleição |url=https://www.diariodocentrodomundo.com.br/video-quebrando-tabu-grava-video-com-manuela-davila-abordando-fake-news-na-eleicao/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520003225/https://www.diariodocentrodomundo.com.br/video-quebrando-tabu-grava-video-com-manuela-davila-abordando-fake-news-na-eleicao/ |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Diário do Centro do Mundo |language=pt-BR}} Substitute Justice of the Superior Electoral Court, {{Interlanguage link|Carlos Horbach|lt=Carlos Horbach|pt|Carlos Horbach}}, ordered Facebook to provide the IP address and other details about the page's administrators.{{Cite web |last=Afonso |first=Natália |date=February 4, 2019 |title=É falsa informação de que Manuela D'Ávila ligou para Adélio Bispo |url=https://lupa.uol.com.br/jornalismo/2019/02/04/verificamos-manuela-adelio/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://lupa.uol.com.br/jornalismo/2019/02/04/verificamos-manuela-adelio |archive-date=June 9, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Agência Lupa}}

It was rumored that Adélio had joined or tried to join the Social Democratic Party (PSD).{{Cite web |last=Canário |first=Pedro |date=November 11, 2020 |title=Adélio quis se filiar a partido de direita e protestou contra mensalão |url=https://oantagonista.com.br/brasil/adelio-quis-se-filiar-a-partido-de-direita-e-protestou-contra-mensalao/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203214032/https://oantagonista.com.br/brasil/adelio-quis-se-filiar-a-partido-de-direita-e-protestou-contra-mensalao/ |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=O Antagonista |language=pt-BR}} The party was investigated, but it never happened. Adélio claims that he tried to disaffiliate from the party because he feared that he had joined in absentia.{{Cite web |last=Pacheco |first=Clarissa |date=July 15, 2022 |title=É falso que vídeo mostra Jair Bolsonaro levando soco após atentado |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/bolsonaro-soco-apos-facada/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918202902/https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/bolsonaro-soco-apos-facada/ |archive-date=September 18, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}}

On the day that Adélio Bispo was acquitted on the grounds that he was incompetent, a rumor emerged that he had his telephone and bank secrecy protected by the Order of Attorneys of Brazil (OAB). In fact, the confidentiality belongs to his lawyer, Zanone Manuel de Oliveira.{{Cite web |last=Netto |first=Paulo |date=November 11, 2019 |title=É falsa a informação de que sigilo telefônico de Adélio Bispo é protegido pela OAB |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/e-falsa-a-informacao-de-que-sigilo-telefonico-de-adelio-bispo-e-protegido-pela-oab/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918202902/https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/bolsonaro-soco-apos-facada/ |archive-date=September 18, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}} On December 21, 2018, the Federal Police collected the lawyer's electronic equipment and documents to investigate whether Zanone had links to the PCC.

The following month, the OAB of Minas Gerais asked the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region to suspend the analysis of the materials for violating the professional secrecy of the practice of law, a request that was granted. The Attorney General of the Union (AGU) appealed, but at the time the rumor appeared the request had not been analyzed. A video was also published in which the injunction prohibiting the analysis of Zanone's objects was actually Adélio's.{{Cite web |last1=Martins |first1=Juliana |last2=Netto |first2=Paulo |date=October 29, 2019 |title=Vídeo confunde liminar envolvendo advogado de Adélio Bispo e alimenta teoria falsa |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/estadao-verifica/video-confunde-liminar-envolvendo-advogado-de-adelio-bispo-e-alimenta-teoria-falsa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810091121/https://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/estadao-verifica/video-confunde-liminar-envolvendo-advogado-de-adelio-bispo-e-alimenta-teoria-falsa/ |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}} Another entity that would be protecting Adélio Bispo's confidentiality would be the Supreme Federal Court.

In 2021, a social media post claimed that the police had recovered deleted messages from the phone of the nanny involved in the {{Interlanguage link|Assassination of Henry Borel|lt=Henry Borel Medeiros|pt|Assassinato de Henry Borel}} case but had yet to examine Adélio Bispo's phone.{{Cite news |date=April 20, 2021 |title=É #FAKE que celular de Adélio Bispo não foi periciado pela polícia |url=https://extra.globo.com/fato-ou-fake/e-fake-que-celular-de-adelio-bispo-nao-foi-periciado-pela-policia-24979656.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513011013/https://extra.globo.com/fato-ou-fake/e-fake-que-celular-de-adelio-bispo-nao-foi-periciado-pela-policia-24979656.html |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=Extra}} In reality, the Federal Police analyzed 2 terabytes of image files, 350 hours of video, 600 documents, and 700 gigabytes of media data, along with 1,200 photos obtained from cell phones, a computer, and other documents. The phone of his lawyer, Zanone Manuel de Oliveira, however, was not investigated due to a preliminary court order prohibiting its analysis.{{Cite web |author=Domingos |first=Roney |date=April 19, 2021 |title=É #FAKE que celular de Adélio Bispo não foi periciado pela polícia |url=https://g1.globo.com/fato-ou-fake/noticia/2021/04/19/e-fake-que-celular-de-adelio-bispo-nao-foi-periciado-pela-policia.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726124956/https://g1.globo.com/fato-ou-fake/noticia/2021/04/19/e-fake-que-celular-de-adelio-bispo-nao-foi-periciado-pela-policia.ghtml |archive-date=July 26, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=G1 |publisher= |language=pt-br}}

On April 24, 2020, then-Minister Sergio Moro left the Ministry of Justice, accusing President Jair Bolsonaro of interfering in the Federal Police.{{Cite web |last=Gimenes |first=Erick |date=April 24, 2020 |title=Sergio Moro pede demissão do governo Bolsonaro por "interferência política" na PF |url=https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2020/04/24/sergio-moro-pede-demissao-do-governo-bolsonaro-por-interferencia-politica-na-pf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425165206/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2020/04/24/sergio-moro-pede-demissao-do-governo-bolsonaro-por-interferencia-politica-na-pf |archive-date=April 25, 2020 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Brasil de Fato |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |last=Cerioni |first=Clara |date=April 24, 2020 |title=Bolsonaro diz que Moro não investigou facada contra ele {{!}} Exame |url=https://exame.com/brasil/bolsonaro-diz-que-moro-nao-investigou-atentado-contra-ele/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713143038/https://exame.com/brasil/bolsonaro-diz-que-moro-nao-investigou-atentado-contra-ele/ |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Exame |language=pt-br}} To justify the former judge's departure, Bolsonaro supporters started publishing conspiracy theories. In relation to Adélio Bispo, the theories claim that Moro interrupted the investigations.{{Cite web |last=Vettorazzo |first=Lucas |date=November 4, 2021 |title=À PF, Bolsonaro reclama que Moro não investigou facada e Adélio {{!}} Radar |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/coluna/radar/a-pf-bolsonaro-reclama-que-moro-nao-investigou-facada-e-adelio |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112150247/https://veja.abril.com.br/coluna/radar/a-pf-bolsonaro-reclama-que-moro-nao-investigou-facada-e-adelio |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Veja |language=pt-BR}} Alexandre Ramagem, director of Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN), allegedly called Bolsonaro to say that Moro and Maurício Valeixo were hiding information about the case.{{Cite news |last1=Senra |first1=Ricardo |last2=Gragnani |first2=Juliana |date=April 28, 2020 |title=Da negação da demissão à facada de Adélio: como grupos bolsonaristas recalibraram discurso após saída de Moro |url=https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-52444072 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430041551/https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-52444072 |archive-date=April 30, 2020 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |work=BBC News Brasil |language=pt-BR}} Moro said that the rumors were fake news.{{Cite web |last=Menezes |first=Luiz |date=April 28, 2020 |title=Bolsonaristas recorrem a teorias da conspiração nas redes para justificar saída de Moro |url=https://www.aosfatos.org/noticias/bolsonaristas-recorrem-teorias-da-conspiracao-nas-redes-para-justificar-saida-de-moro/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725013421/https://www.aosfatos.org/noticias/bolsonaristas-recorrem-teorias-da-conspiracao-nas-redes-para-justificar-saida-de-moro/ |archive-date=July 25, 2024 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Aos fatos |language=pt-br}}

The arguments come from a documentary by Brasil 247, Bolsonaro e Adélio - Uma Fakeada no Coração do Brasil, by investigative reporter Joaquim de Carvalho.{{Cite web |last=Carvalho |first=Joaquim de |date=January 25, 2023 |title=Facada ou fakeada? Sempre que Bolsonaro se afunda no noticiário negativo, a figura de Adélio ressurge |url=https://www.brasil247.com/blog/facada-ou-fakeada-sempre-que-bolsonaro-se-afunda-no-noticiario-negativo-a-figura-de-adelio-ressurge |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125223922/https://www.brasil247.com/blog/facada-ou-fakeada-sempre-que-bolsonaro-se-afunda-no-noticiario-negativo-a-figura-de-adelio-ressurge |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Brasil 247 |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/confere/ultimas-noticias/2022/01/06/video-com-mentiras-sobre-facada-contra-bolsonaro-atrai-quase-2-mi-de-views.htm|title=After Bolsonaro’s hospitalization, pro-Lula activist lies denying the stabbing|date=2021-01-06|access-date=2022-07-26|website=Uol|author=Rayanne Albuquerque|language=pt-br|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726110211/https://noticias.uol.com.br/confere/ultimas-noticias/2022/01/06/video-com-mentiras-sobre-facada-contra-bolsonaro-atrai-quase-2-mi-de-views.htm|archive-date=2022-07-26}} The apparent absence of blood at the scene of the stabbing and the quick medical and police response are considered signs by proponents of the theory that the whole event was staged. However, Bolsonaro did undergo multiple hospital interventions and showed his scar on The Noite with Danilo Gentili.{{Cite web |last=Caixeta |first=Heloísa |date=May 30, 2019 |title=Bolsonaro mostra cicatriz na barriga no programa de Danilo Gentili |url=https://www.metropoles.com/entretenimento/televisao/bolsonaro-mostra-cicatriz-na-barriga-no-programa-de-danilo-gentili |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204130540/https://www.metropoles.com/entretenimento/televisao/bolsonaro-mostra-cicatriz-na-barriga-no-programa-de-danilo-gentili |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Metrópoles |language=pt-BR}}

The conspiracy theory was spread mainly by supporters of former president Lula, such as the activist Thiago dos Reis, and PT politicians, including Bohn Gass, Maria do Rosário, Paulo Pimenta, and {{Interlanguage link|Rogério Correia|lt=Rogério Correia|pt|Rogério Correia}}. Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has also expressed doubts about the attack, stating in an interview that he found the inaction of security personnel strange.{{Cite web |date=June 13, 2019 |title=Lula diz que país "pariu coisa chamada Bolsonaro" e põe facada em dúvida |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2019/06/13/lula-diz-que-pais-pariu-coisa-chamada-bolsonaro-e-poe-facada-em-duvida.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614123402/https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2019/06/13/lula-diz-que-pais-pariu-coisa-chamada-bolsonaro-e-poe-facada-em-duvida.htm |archive-date=June 14, 2019 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Universo Online |language=pt-br}} In September 2021, federal deputy Alexandre Frota submitted a request to open a Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (CPI) to investigate the case.{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2021 |title=Frota quer instaurar 'CPI da Facada': 'Foi uma armação' |url=https://www.jb.com.br/pais/politica/2021/09/1032793-frota-quer-instaurar-cpi-da-facada-foi-uma-armacao.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914144604/https://www.jb.com.br/pais/politica/2021/09/1032793-frota-quer-instaurar-cpi-da-facada-foi-uma-armacao.html |archive-date=September 14, 2021 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Jornal do Brasil |language=pt-br}} According to Cabo Daciolo, the event was "a spectacle by the Freemasonry, Silas Malafaia, and the New World Order".{{Cite web |last=Martins |first=Humberto |date=April 6, 2024 |title=Daciolo diz que facada em Bolsonaro foi 'espetáculo' armado por Maçonaria, Nova Ordem Mundial e Silas Malafaia |url=https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2020/04/06/interna_politica,1136228/daciolo-diz-que-facada-em-bolsonaro-foi-farsa-da-maconaria-e-malafaia.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407173353/https://www.em.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2020/04/06/interna_politica,1136228/daciolo-diz-que-facada-em-bolsonaro-foi-farsa-da-maconaria-e-malafaia.shtml |archive-date=April 7, 2020 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Estado de Minas |language=pt-BR}}

The Brasil 247 documentary was removed from the YouTube platform on August 10, 2022. YouTube claimed that its hate speech policy prohibited the denial, trivialization, or minimization of historical events, including the stabbing of Jair Bolsonaro.{{Cite web |last1=Amado |first1=Guilherme |last2=Ghirotto |first2=Eduardo |date=August 10, 2024 |title=YouTube remove vídeos que questionam se facada em Bolsonaro ocorreu {{!}} Metrópoles |url=https://www.metropoles.com/colunas/guilherme-amado/youtube-remove-videos-que-questionam-se-facada-em-bolsonaro-ocorreu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810181821/https://www.metropoles.com/colunas/guilherme-amado/youtube-remove-videos-que-questionam-se-facada-em-bolsonaro-ocorreu |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Metrópoles |language=pt-BR}} The Workers' Cause Party (PCO) condemned the action, calling it censorship.{{Cite web |date=August 10, 2022 |title=PCO repudida a censura do Youtube contra o Brasil 247 e sua TV - Partido da Causa Operária |url=https://pco.org.br/2022/08/10/pco-repudida-a-censura-do-youtube-contra-o-brasil-247-e-sua-tv/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920213237/https://pco.org.br/2022/08/10/pco-repudida-a-censura-do-youtube-contra-o-brasil-247-e-sua-tv/ |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Workers' Cause Party |language=pt-BR}}

Shortly after the event, numerous fake accounts impersonating Adélio were created on social media. The criminal's official profile on Facebook had already amassed over 9,500 followers two hours after his arrest. On Twitter, the attack was mentioned 808,000 times within two hours, according to the Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). The incident became the most discussed topic on the platform in twelve countries, ranging from Argentina to Spain, including the United States and Bahrain.{{Cite web |last=Gomes |first=Helton |date=September 6, 2018 |title=Facebook é inundado de perfis fake do suspeito de esfaquear Bolsonaro |url=https://www.uol.com.br/tilt/noticias/redacao/2018/09/06/facebook-e-inundado-de-perfis-fake-do-suspeito-de-esfaquear-bolsonaro.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907071134/https://tecnologia.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2018/09/06/facebook-e-inundado-de-perfis-fake-do-suspeito-de-esfaquear-bolsonaro.htm |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Universo Online |language=pt-br}}

President Michel Temer described the attack as intolerable, reiterating his outrage at the lack of harmonious coexistence in a democratic rule of law, where a peaceful campaign should be feasible.{{Cite web |date=September 6, 2018 |title=Temer afirma que é 'intolerável' ataque a Bolsonaro em Juiz de Fora |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/06/temer-diz-que-e-intoleravel-ato-contra-bolsonaro-presidenciaveis-condenam-veja-repercussao.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907001506/https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/06/temer-diz-que-e-intoleravel-ato-contra-bolsonaro-presidenciaveis-condenam-veja-repercussao.ghtml |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}} Other presidential candidates canceled their respective agendas for September 7, the day following the event. They all issued statements condemning the attack and demanded investigations into the incident.{{Cite web |date=September 6, 2018 |title=Candidatos à Presidência repudiam ataque a Bolsonaro; veja reações |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticias/2018/09/06/bolsonaro-e-atacado-durante-ato-em-minas-veja-repercussao-entre-candidatos.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203013919/https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticias/2018/09/06/bolsonaro-e-atacado-durante-ato-em-minas-veja-repercussao-entre-candidatos.htm |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Universo Online |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |date=September 6, 2018 |title=Presidenciáveis cancelam agendas de campanha após ataque a Bolsonaro |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticias/2018/09/06/presidenciaveis-cancelam-agendas-de-campanha-apos-ataque-a-bolsonaro.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317210523/https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticias/2018/09/06/presidenciaveis-cancelam-agendas-de-campanha-apos-ataque-a-bolsonaro.htm |archive-date=March 17, 2024 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Universo Online Eleições 2018 |language=pt-BR}}

Several ministers spoke out about the incident. Eliseu Padilha, stated that the stabbing struck "at the heart" of democracy.{{Cite web |date=May 3, 2023 |title=Padilha: facada desferida contra Bolsonaro atingiu em cheio democracia brasileira |url=https://www.jb.com.br/pais/eleicoes_2018/2018/09/4207-padilha-facada-desferida-contra-bolsonaro-atingiu-em-cheio-democracia-brasileira.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907065210/https://www.jb.com.br/pais/eleicoes_2018/2018/09/4207-padilha-facada-desferida-contra-bolsonaro-atingiu-em-cheio-democracia-brasileira.html |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Jornal do Brasil |language=pt-br}} The minister of the Secretariat of the Presidency, Ronaldo Fonseca, also strongly condemned the episode. General Hamilton Mourão, Bolsonaro's running mate, commented that the campaign needed to "put an end to the victimization" surrounding the attack.{{Cite web |last=Resende |first=Sara |date=September 11, 2018 |title='Esse troço já deu o que tinha que dar', diz vice de Bolsonaro sobre 'vitimização' após atentado contra o candidato |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/11/esse-troco-ja-deu-o-que-tinha-que-dar-diz-general-mourao-sobre-vitimizacao-de-bolsonaro.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201210541/https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2018/noticia/2018/09/11/esse-troco-ja-deu-o-que-tinha-que-dar-diz-general-mourao-sobre-vitimizacao-de-bolsonaro.ghtml |archive-date=December 1, 2024 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=G1}}

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