The former president () lived on Thursday (20) alongside Paulo Amador da Cunha Bueno, one of his lawyers, who cited the denunciation of as an example that the country “has no maturity” to deal with award-winning collaborations.
The lawyer criticized the participation of the Supreme Court Minister, implying that the magistrate has exceeded his performance within the scope of Cid’s collaboration, since the “judge has to remain distant precisely for his credibility.”
Live took place in the context of the former president’s offensive amid the imminence of becoming a defendant in the coup plot. The receipt of the complaint against him will be decided at the Supreme Court on Tuesday (25) and Wednesday (26).
Bolsonaro is accused of attempted violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law and coup d’état, damage qualified by violence and serious threat against union assets, deterioration of overturned assets and participation in a criminal organization. If convicted, he can take more than 40 years in prison and increase his ineligibility, which currently runs until 2030.
The lawyer also stated that the denunciation will go into history “very negatively” and stated that Cid was psychologically staggered and has received unquestionable benefits to make the denunciation.
The defender compared Bolsonaro’s situation to Eliza Matsunaga, convicted of killing her husband in 2012. “Eliza Matsunaga, who killed her husband, quartered and put in a suitcase, was sentenced to 16 years and three months,” he said.
Bueno said the coup plot process has “ineptitude” and “excesses”. He also stated that “defense resents very serious addictions throughout this investigation.”
The main problem, he said, is the lack of full access to the case.
The lawyer also said that the investigation was unable to prove properly the connection between events that, according to (Attorney General’s Office), make up the attempted coup.
He minimized the scammer attacks, which he called “an unfortunate episode on January 8, but is not even close to a coup d’état”, and said “no moment” connecting Bolsonaro, who was in the US, to the episode.
Citing PGR concatenated facts in the prosecution, Bueno also talked about the “right to distrust the ballot box.” He stated that Brazil has a “pendulum where very rumor processes oscillate between impunity and abuse”, saying that the second case would be that of Bolsonaro, also example of “politicization of justice and judicialization of politics.”
Jair Bolsonaro repeated allegations that there was no coup attempt and spoke about the amnesty movement on January 8. Already, one of his children, stressed that he has made pressure abroad to promote sanctions against Moraes.
Live was promoted to celebrate Bolsonaro’s birthday, which is 70 years old on Friday (21). Also participating in the broadcast were children Flávio, who measured the conversation, Carlos and former first lady Michelle.
