Brazil has ‌denied visa requests for two Trump administration officials who planned to travel to the country to cast doubt on the integrity of ‌its electoral system, two Brazilian officials ​with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Saturday.

The officials, speaking ⁠on condition of anonymity due ​to the sensitivity of the matter, said the ⁠U.S. plan represented an attempt to shape Brazil’s October presidential election, in which leftist incumbent Luiz ‌Inacio Lula da Silva will ​face Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, ‌a Trump ally.

Brazil denied the request for ‌visas on Friday to the U.S. delegation, which would have included Assistant Secretary ⁠Riley M. Barnes from ‌the State Department’s ⁠Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and ⁠also ⁠Samuel Samson, a deputy assistant secretary, the Brazilian officials ‌said.

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