The former president () kept confidential up to one hour before starting the trial at the (Federal Supreme Court) about where he would accompany the session, soon to appear in the court and sit in the first row.
The gesture symbolically repeats that of the current president of the last year, when he sat at the defense table on trial in New York. In criminal cases, as was the case, the presence of the accused is mandatory in the US. In Brazil, no.
At the time, Trump was convicted of fraud on charges of having who had had a relationship with. Like Bolsonaro, the Republican said he was the target of political persecution. And despite the conviction, months later, he was elected to office.
The former president’s trip to the Supreme Court has been defended by allies since the day before and had the endorsement of his lawyers. The idea, according to these allies, is to give a message of confrontation by facing their “tormentors,” as the ministers of the first class of the court call.
They also argue that Bolsonaro attend the three days of session and speak to the end, so that the last word is yours. They also say that if it was missing, it could win the cowardly sin.
The goal is to make political confrontation of the trial, in which he is accused of leading the scammer plot to prevent (PT) from taking over the presidency after the petista is victorious from the polls.
His son licensed, (PL-SP), was one of the defenders of this thesis, according to reports. Last week, he announced that he would move away from office and remain in the United States for fear of having his passport seized by Minister Alexandre de Moraes.
The arguments of the class of Bolsonaro’s surroundings have lost strength in the face of the possibility of the former president being sentenced to penalties that may reach 43 years in prison.
Sitting ahead of the ministers, Bolsonaro takes in his jacket the – of the main military honors.
When he was in the Planalto, he wore the Assesory when he wanted to denote courage, as in electoral debates or when he was interviewed by TV Globo’s Jornal Nacional in 2022.
A was handed over to the renovated captain in 2018 for a 40 -year action earlier in 1978, when Bolsonaro helped to remove a drowning soldier from the pond.
and civilians who, in peacetime, have performed “personal acts of selflessness, courage and bravery” with risk of death.
Jair Bolsonaro himself claimed the medal in September 2013. He sent a letter to the then Army commander, Enzo Peri, asking for an internal process to assess the delivery of the honor.
The surprise factor of his presence in the Supreme further reinforces the political character he seeks to impress with the judgment. Parliamentarians and members of their surroundings were confidential about the movement until the last second.
As he landed in Brasilia this morning, he was asked by journalists about where he would accompany the session and refused to answer. The initial expectation, sparked by deputies, was that he went to the home of the opposition leader, Zucco (PL-RS), who accompanied him on the flight.
At the airport, he made a brief statement to journalists, in which he criticized the process in which he can be made a defendant. Earlier, he released a text on his WhatsApp channel in which he classifies the process as “aberration,” criticizes Moraes and denies the accusations.
“The whole legal process against me is an aberration never seen! Investigations take six years, with no end to the end of the end. People are arrested and coerced to make award -winning denunciation to save their families. Defenses are curtailed, investigations run a secret of justice and arbitrary arrests have been made,” he wrote.
Bolsonaro went to the Supreme accompanied by parliamentarians, who complained of space restriction. They were with him Zucco, Mario Frias (PL-RJ) and Evair de Melo (PP-ES), among others.
The Congress this week is further emptied by the absence of the presidents of the houses, who traveled with Lula to Japan.
But still, the opposition in the House advised its deputies to obstruct the agenda of the plenary and the commissions, which began operating this week, in the form of protest to the trial.
In the case of the plenary, there is only prediction of proposals voting for the month of women – which, depending on the success of the obstruction, may end up impaired.
As Sheet Showed, Minister Alexandre de Moraes has given —14 times faster than the monthly.
Bolsonaro called Moraes a “victim, investigator and judge of his own cause.” And he says he is being charged with crimes he has not committed.
The former president admits he has “talked to assistants about alternatives,” but denies “democratic rupture”. PF investigations show that Bolsonaro talked to the Armed Forces summit about the possibility of coup and even filed a decree to them.
Bolsonaro did not recognize the defeat after the elections, passed the electoral process questioning the electronic ballot boxes, and left the country not to hand over the presidential range to Lula. He changed the speech and began to treat the dispute as a back page when returning to Brazil in 2023.
“They accuse me of a crime I never committed – an alleged attempted coup d’état. I talked with political alternative assistants for the nation, but never wished or raised the possibility of democratic break,” he said.
“Democracy prevailed! There was no coup d’état, the opposing candidate took office, leaves the country, was not here on 8/1 and still try to condemn me. They know that if I compete for the 2026 presidential election I will be victorious and put, again, Brazil in the right direction,” he added.
