The former president () received public support from deputies and senators, especially from his party, shortly after By ter led to a 2022 coup plot.
As soon as the decision of the Federal Supreme Court was defined to open the criminal case against him and 7 more accused on Wednesday (26), the former president made a where he said he denied that he set up a coup d’état.
They were next to former federal senators and deputies who have shown public support to the politician, such as Jorge Seif (PL-SC) and one of his children, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ).
Understand who are 8 of the parliamentarians who were next to the former president in his first statement after becoming a defendant on charges of leading the coup plot.
1.Flávio Bolsonaro
The senator (PL-RJ) is the first child of the former Mandanker. It was in his office that Jair accompanied, on TV, the trial that made him defendant in the coup plot. Like other children, Flavio has actively acted in his father’s defense.
2. Caroline de Toni
Federal Deputy Caroline de Toni (PL-SC) is part of the most radical wing of PL. It is in favor of the flexibility of gun possession and against abortion, as well as adopting other guidelines aligned with pockets.
Carol de Toni was a student of Guru Bolsonarista and the minister of as part of the inquiry that found the organization and financing of undemocratic acts.
3. Rodolfo Nogueira
Rodolfo Nogueira (PL-MS) is part of the Bolsonarist Shock Troop and is the author of conservative projects, such as the PL filed in 2023 in Basic Education.
He is also the author of the proposal to identify and hold responsible involved in cases of property invasion, a project that was part of the acquaintance. Nogueira composed one to accelerate the amnesty on January 8 and delimit restrictions on the TSE (Superior Electoral Court).
Gilson Machado (PL), former Minister of Tourism in the Bolsonaro government, is known as the “accordionist” of the former modeler, participated in the politician’s lives and was president of Embratur. In 2022, he tried the position of senator by Pernambuco, but was not elected. He also competed for mayor of Recife in 2024 and lost.
He says Bolsonaro is his political mentor, whom he claims to be faithful. On social networks, it also defines itself as a conservative veterinarian and Christian.
5th Marco Feliciano
The federal deputy in the fourth term of office Marco Feliciano (PL-SP) is part of the religious bench and stands out as opposition to President Lula (PT). He raises conservative flags and has already been processed by transphobia.
The evangelical pastor was one of Bolsonaro’s interlocutors in Congress when he was president. In the 2022 campaign, campaigned against the PT saying that the.
6. Magno Malta
Pastor and Senator Magno Malta (PL-ES) has a proposal in Congress so that the ineligibility of parliamentarians is voted by their respective houses, in an offensive to shield TSE sanctions politicians.
He has participated in demonstrations in favor of Bolsonaro and defends the amnesty to those involved on January 8. Malta appears in the one who supported the complaint about the coup plot as an ally of a more radical position that suggested to the president to leave the country.
7. Jorge Seif
Senator Jorge Seif (PL-SC) was also quoted in the ICD denunciation as part of the most radical wing near the former president, who would have encouraged an attempt to blow.
He was the target of a request for cassation for abuse of economic power in the 2022 campaign. The former president actively participated in Seif’s campaign, which was secretary of aquaculture and fishing in the government of the former Mandator.
Opposition leader at, Rogério Marinho (PL-RN) spoke after the former president became a defendant. He issued a statement by saying that the legal process was not respected and that there was a “distorted” pre -trial detention to extract ICD’s denunciation.
At the same time, he spoke of the lack of full access to the evidence, recurring criticism of the defendants’ lawyers. He also said that there is no evidence that the former president plotted a coup d’état.
