The defense of the lieutenant colonel asked the (Supreme Court) to reject the complaint against the military in the case of the 2022 coup plot.
Former Jair Bolsonaro (PL) orders, the military was heard at least 12 times August 2023 to December 2024, with whom he closed award-winning agreement.
His statements are an important part of the PF report and the complaint of the PGR (Attorney General of the Republic) in the case.
Cid’s lawyers claim that he acted as an advisor to the former president just passing on information, with no intention of blowing.
“Mauro Cid’s performance reserves, and the prosecution also understands, in ‘communication’ in order to ‘pass on’ to the authorities close to the Presidency information that came to him and because of the position of order of the order and his proximity to the then President of the Republic,” says the prior defense presented to the STF.
“At no time, [Cid] He created content or passed on to ‘groups’ that the prosecution states would be those in charge of disseminating false information to maintain a mobilization compared to the President of the Republic’s supporters at the time, “the petition continues.
The defense argues that his conduct would have been restricted to the fulfillment of legal duty and, in relation to the attacks of January 8, which Cid “had no conscience and much less of them participated.”
The lawyers also say that this period was a “constant misinformation time,” when it was not known when the information was true or not. Thus, it would not be possible to carry out accusations against ICD based on messages exchanged in WhatsApp groups.
One of the military messages cited in the PF final report on the case dates from January 4.
That day, Lieutenant Colonel Sérgio Cavaliere asks Cid: “Do you still have anything to happen?” The former Bolsonaro orders of orders forward two answers, which were erased.
Cavaliere then asks, “Good thing or horrible thing?” And then it says, “Good.” Cid, in response to the question, says, “It depends on who. For Brazil it is good.”
In the prior defense presented on Thursday, the lawyers of the former Ordinant Assistant request, firstly, the maintenance of all the benefits defined to ICD for the award-winning collaboration. Following, they claim that there is no reasoning for a criminal action against him.
The first previous defenses presented by the on charges of participation in the case began to be sent to court on Thursday (6) after the end of 15 days from the notification to the accused’s responses.
Overall, they from the Supreme Court in the case and recycle arguments already rejected by the Court.
