The former president () stated this Wednesday (6) that he will ask the minister, of the (Supreme Federal Court), authorization to go to the inauguration of, scheduled for next January 20th in .
In an interview with Sheetthe former president said that he had already had three international travel requests denied by Moraes, the last of which was to go to Trump’s house in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, where the Republican received guests to follow the investigation this Tuesday (5).
“If Trump invites me, I will petition the TSE [Tribunal Superior Eleitoral]to the STF . Now, with all due respect, the strongest man in the world… do you think he will invite Lula? Maybe protocolarily,” said Bolsonaro.
“Who are you going to invite from Brazil? Maybe just me. He [Moraes] Are you going to say no to the most powerful guy in the world? I’m an ex. Is the guy going to get in trouble because of his ex?”
Bolsonaro is facing investigations into the coup dealings that took place during the final stretch of his government, in 2022.
One of the former president’s sons, .
“I’m going to petition Alexandre. He decides. Eduardo [Bolsonaro] has a great friendship with him [Trump]. So much so that out of 85 guests he went and brought two more inside, Gilson [Machado, ex-ministro de Bolsonaro] and Gilson’s son. He sees me as someone he likes, it’s like you fall in love with someone for free, right? This passion came from the way I treated him, knowing my place”, said Bolsonaro.
The former president said that he always knew the difference between him and Trump, saying that it would be a relationship proportional to that between Brazil (Trump) and Paraguay (Bolsonaro).
The former president is ineligible and will not be able to appear in the elections until at least 2030.
He was convicted of abuse of political and economic power and misuse of the media on charges of spreading and electorally using .
When commenting on the investigations that still weigh on his name, such as the 2022 coup negotiations, he raised his tone in relation to Moraes.
“They’ve been trying to incriminate me as a scammer for two years, go to hell, damn it. The guy has been with his wife for two years, I suspect he’s cheating on me and I’ve been sleeping with her for two years. And I’m investigating, he cheated on me, he didn’t tell me betrayed… resolve this problem soon, be proud. Release these poor people who have been imprisoned for 17 years”, he stated, referring to those convicted of the coup attacks on January 8th.
