Cristiano Zanin is a former defense attorney for Lula.
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The Benny ShowOct 26, 2026
The sources consistently report that Zanin was Lula's personal or defense lawyer and is now a Supreme Court justice, so the underlying fact is well supported.
What was said
… Some polling centers are already being closed, their voting machines have been shut down, they could not reopen. The New York Times leaves out that Cristiano Zanin is Lula's personal attorney, ah, electoral law professor saying that, ah, the election must be annulled. Ah, the margin is narrow. It shows the polling station stayed open longer in areas that strongly favor one candidate. …
The Benny Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP and Reuters reporting from 2023 describes Zanin as the former personal or defense lawyer of Lula, and says he took his Supreme Court seat amid criticism of that relationship.[1][2][3][4]
Supports. Folha describes Zanin as Lula's defense lawyer in the Operation Car Wash lawsuits before he became a justice.[5]
Context. A 2026 Al Jazeera report describes Zanin as having formerly served as Lula's personal lawyer, which conflicts with the post's present-tense wording.[6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 1, 4 not rated
- 1Brazilian president's former lawyer takes seat as Supreme ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Brazilian president's former lawyer takes seat as Supreme Court ...thehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 3Brazilian president's former lawyer takes seat as Supreme Court justiceottawa.citynews.ca · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Brazil Senate confirms Lula’s ex-lawyer for Supreme Court seatktwb.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Cristiano Zanin, Lawyer, and Lula's Friend, Takes Office as Supreme ...www1.folha.uol.com.br · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Bolsonaro’s party accepts Brazil election after Trump calls vote ‘rigged’aljazeera.com · not rated · cited for: context
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