The federal deputy (-SP) used the stage of a conservative conference in the United States on Thursday (20) to attack the minister of the (Federal Supreme Court) and asking for prayers from the father (PL).
Eduardo called the unfounded (Attorney General of the Republic) against Bolsonaro, accused of having disrupted a coup, and did not rule out the arrest of the former president.
Acting abroad, especially in the United States, and other Bolsonaro allies to try to deliver the former president of jail and pave the way to the dispute in 2026-algo that faces many obstacles.
“Former President Jair Bolsonaro is at risk of being arrested with the same false accusations used against opposition leaders in Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua,” said the deputy, trying to equate his father’s situation to that of people persecuted by dictatorial nations, different of Brazilian democratic reality.
“But it doesn’t stop there. The judicial system has become an instrument of persecution at all levels,” the parliamentarian continued.
The statements were made during the CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference), one of the main right -wing events, to a foreign audience. Vice President JD Vance also spoke on Thursday at the meeting, held near Washington.
“They pray for my father. They pray for the Brazilians who are arrested now on January 8th. We are asking for amnesty in Congress and we hope to receive a lot of support from you outside Brazil, because you know what that means,” said Eduardo.
On Thursday, the deputy began the speech warning of what he called the danger of the use of justice against political decisions. In the US, courts are blocking Donald Trump’s decrees that hurt the law and increase the power of the executive.
“I come from the future and know exactly how this story can end. Maybe not the future, but I come from Brazil, which is not so different,” he said.
“My country has become a laboratory for censorship and judicial authoritarianism since 2019, has been used as a field of testing for judicial instrumentalization against conservatives, libertarians and Christians, always under the noble pretext of protecting democracy, combating misinformation and stopping extremists while In fact silence dissidents, controls narratives and criminalizes opposition, “he said.
Eduardo said Moraes is responsible for the actions he classifies as censorship. “Let me introduce you to a man named Alexandre de Moraes. He is not an elected authority. He is a judge of the Supreme Court that gave unrestricted power to decide who can talk, who can run for positions and even those who can go to The arrest under its supervision, “he said.
“Judges and bureaucrats, not the people, decide who is able to run for positions,” said Eduardo, defending former deputy Daniel Silveira, arrested and convicted after publishing
Bolsonaro recalled that it was Moraes who gave the order to block the X (former Twitter) in Brazil for refusing to comply with court orders, establishing a friction with Elon Musk, owner of the network and a first-time ally from Trump.
He also said, without evidence, that US officials forged with Brazilian investigators immigration documents to say that Filipe Martins, former Bolsonaro advisor had traveled to the US. Martins was also denounced by the coup plot and arrested last year for the allegation that he could escape Brazil.
Finally, Eduardo said that if his father cannot compete for the election in what comes, Brazil may be subject to strong Chinese influence. It also repeated, also without evidence, that Brazilian organizations would have received money to influence the. The entities cited by Eduardo say the claim is false.
On Wednesday, Eduardo had already dealt with his father’s case. “What we are suffering is the same thing that happened to Donald Trump here in the United States,” he said during a round table. “The winds are changing,” he said. He stated that the case of USAID impacts “100%” Brazil.
“Our enemies will not be able to censor us. They will not have the financing of entities that use their money to go after us,” he says.
“My father can go to prison for sure. This is not out of question. But at least not for corruption.”
