Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes announced on Friday that he was including, as requested by the General Prosecutor’s Office, the far-right former head of state in his investigation to uncover the possible instigators of the January 8 violence in the Brazilian capital.
Jair Bolsonaro, battu de justesse par le candidat de gauche Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, carried out a public incitement to the commission of a crime
posting a video on social media calling into question the regularity of the presidential election of 2022
explained the prosecution in a press release.
This video was published two days after the violent invasion of the headquarters of the presidency, Congress and the Supreme Court by thousands of bolsonarists, then deleted, recalled the prosecution, but it could bring a proof link
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The former president never had any connection with these movements
said his lawyers in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse, attributing the violence in Brasilia to elements infiltrators
.
The ex-president, who has been in the United States since the end of December, had already been pinned on Friday for expenses made during his mandate with the presidential credit card, such as the $ 21,000 disbursed in one go in a modest restaurant in northern Brazil or the $10,000 paid to a bakery the day after his son’s wedding.
The presidential credit card account statements covering his four years in office (2019-2022) have been published on an official online site of the Lula government, which has begun to lift a 100-year secrecy imposed by his predecessor on thousands of official documents.
A compromising document from the former Minister of Justice
The prosecution’s request for an investigation also follows a revelation already linked to the remake of the storming of the American Capitol on January 6, 2021, and which implicates the former Minister of Justice Anderson Torres, in whose house was found a draft decree which could have allowed the cancellation of the election of Lula to the presidency.
This very compromising document revealed Thursday evening by the daily Sheet of S. Paulo was found during searches by the Federal Police at the home of this former minister, who is the subject of an arrest warrant from a judge of the Supreme Court for collusion
presumed with the bolsonarists who stormed the places of power in Brasilia on Sunday.
We’ll wait for him to show up until Monday. If he doesn’t, we’ll start the extradition process next week.
announced on Friday Flavio Dino, Minister of Justice of Lula, in office since 1is January.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (right) with his Minister of Justice Anderson Torres
Photo: Getty Images / AFP/EVARISTO SA
Mr. Torres has repeatedly proclaimed his innocence and promised to return to Brazil to surrender to the authorities, without giving a specific date.
The three-page document found at his home provides for the federal government to take control of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), which oversees the smooth running of the ballot, to ensure the preservation and restoration of transparency and approve the regularity of the electoral process for the 2022 presidential election
.
This measure is considered unconstitutional by many jurists. In practice, this means that the intention would have been to annul Lula’s election.
The presidential decree – which never saw the light of day – provided for the creation of a electoral regulation commission
to replace the TSEheaded by a majority of members from the Ministry of Defense (8 out of 17).
The document is not dated, but Jair Bolsonaro’s name is at the end, in a space provided for his signature.
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left-wing senator Randolfe Rodrigues, leader of the parliamentary bloc of the Lula government in the Upper House, tweeted on Friday.
« This shows that what we saw on January 8 [l’invasion des lieux de pouvoir à Brasilia] was not an isolated act. [Le projet de décret] is one of the links in a putschist chain. »
Flavio Dino has been appointed Minister of Justice of Brazil by President Lula, elected in the fall of 2022.
Photo : Reuters / AMANDA PEROBELLI
The Federal Police told Agence France-Presse that they could not comment on an ongoing investigation.
Mr Torres, who is in the United States and was already there on Sunday, said Thursday evening on Twitter that this draft was probably in a pile of documents supposed to be destroyed in due course
that its content has been leaked and is judged out of context
.
The former minister had held the position of head of security for the Federal District of Brasilia since January 2, but had gone on vacation shortly after.