Retired judge Sebastião Coelho, lawyer of Filipe Martins, former international advisor to Jair Bolsonaro, was arrested by the Supreme Court (STF) Judicial Police on Tuesday (25) after disacting the court. Coelho was approached in the act by offenses as he tried to follow the judgment of the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), which involves the attempted coup d’état in 2022, with eight complaints, including Martins.
The confusion happened when some lawyers and deputies, who did not accredit themselves previously to attend the session, were instructed to go to the Second Class.
After being barred, Coelho criticized the Posture of the Supreme and stated that he would take action with the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB). “This caused me a great revolt, because the defense, along with the accused, is the main in the case and the lawyer was not allowed to enter,” said the lawyer.
The president of the Supreme Court, Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, after the incident, determined that a report was recorded by contempt, releasing Coelho next.
Who is the lawyer
Sebastião Coelho, known for being the target of a disciplinary administrative proceeding at the National Council of Justice (CNJ), due to statements and suspicious actions during his time as an electoral corregedor, became the Controversy Center again.
He resigned as a corregedor in August 2022, a few days before Alexandre de Moraes’s inauguration at the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), claiming that Moraes had incited a “war” in his speech. Coelho was seen in post-election manifestations and, months later, in an event at the Army HQ, stated that the solution would be to arrest Minister Alexandre de Moraes.
Regarding the case of attacks on January 8, 2023, the investigations did not find direct links between Rabbit and the scammer acts, although the CNJ requested the breach of bank secrecy, which resulted in evidence of personal spending without bonding with violent acts.
Parliamentarians prevented from entering the STF
At the same time, some parliamentarians were also barred at the STF entrance and prevented from following the session, generating a climate of turmoil at the concierge, with shouts and access charges. The deputies who managed to enter and accompany the trial were: Zucco, Zé Trovão, Mauricio do Volleyball, Evair de Melo, Paulo Bilynskyj, Mario Frias and Delegate Skull.
