The former president said he sent about $ 2 million to the licensed federal deputy (-SP) for his son to stay in the United States.
The information was given by Bolsonaro, this Thursday (5), when leaving the headquarters of, after giving testimony in the investigation that investigates Eduardo’s performance against Brazilian authorities abroad.
The investigation is being processed in the Federal Supreme Court under the minister’s rapporteur.
According to the former president, the money was taken from the total donations of his presidency campaign in 2022 and he decided to make the shipment to keep his son in the US, “without having difficulty.”
“You know that back there, I did not campaign, but I was deposited in my account $ 17 million, put 2 million in his account,” said Bolsonaro.
“Outside everything is more expensive, I have two grandchildren, one 4 other 1 year old. He’s out there, I don’t want him to go through difficulty. It’s a lot of money, but in the United States it may be not so much, right? [US$] 350 thousand, “he said.
Author of the request for investigation, the Attorney General of the Republic, said that Eduardo may have committed crimes by acting, with foreign authorities, against “members of the Federal Supreme Court, the Attorney General’s Office and the”.
The chief of prosecution mentioned the parliamentarian’s offensive to apply sanctions against Moraes himself.
Crimes under the PF calculation are coercion, obstruction of investigation and violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law.
