Licensed federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro said on Monday, 2, that the investigation into the Federal Police about a possible coercion in the course of the coup process, among other crimes, would have to prevent a possible candidacy next year. “Everything is set of cards scheduled to get me out of the 2026 elections,” he told CNN Brazil.
The statement was given in response to the testimony of Deputy Lindbergh Farias (PT), this Monday, 2, to the Federal Police. The PT leader in the chamber deposed in the context of the investigation to investigate Eduardo Bolsonaro’s performance in the US, which was being used to press Brazilian authorities in the process in which his father, Jair Bolsonaro, is investigated.
Eduardo Bolsonaro has been appointed as a candidate for the Senate by Sao Paulo, on the plate of state governor Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), who has claimed that he intends to dispute the elections. However, he is also appointed as a possible successor to Bolsonaro in a presidential candidacy. Bolsonaro is ineligible until 2030, after two decisions in the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Eduardo himself admitted the possibility in an interview with Veja magazine.
The investigation, opened in the Supreme Federal Court (STF) last Monday, 26, at the request of the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) seeks to identify whether the active performance of Eduardo Bolsonaro in the US tries to reach the Brazilian judiciary.
The document states that the performance of Eduardo Bolsonaro focuses on imposing sanctions on the STF ministers. On the night of last Thursday, 30, the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA), the Trump administration body, made a Portuguese publication in X stating that “no enemy of Americans’ freedom of expression will be forgiven.”
Lindbergh Farias, besides giving testimony, asked PGR to block the assets and break the bank secrecy of Jair Bolsonaro, because the former president said he was keeping Eduardo Bolsonaro in the US with funds raised by supporters of supporters.
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In his X (former Twitter) profile, Eduardo Bolsonaro stated that his performance is public. “I don’t do anything illegal.” He asks, “Visiting American Deputy is a crime? Asking a secretary of state at a House hearing is illegal? Is going to the US MRE (State Department) a crime?
The opening of the inquiry, authorized by Minister Alexandre de Moraes (STF), also allowed the monitoring of social networks of Eduardo Bolsonaro. The testimony of former President Jair Bolsonaro is expected to take place on the 5th.
