The Supreme Court Minister adopted us on Monday (9) and Tuesday (10) a mild tone, including jokes and tolerance with accused who used answers to address topics unrelated to the question.
The stance differs from what he manifested in some of the speeches, when he threatened a prison for contempt a former defense and political coordination, scolded a former army commander and, after being annoyed by a lawyer, said they would not “circle” in his court.
Of the defendants, that of Mauro Cid, whistleblower and former ordinant of orders of former President Jair Bolsonaro, Moraes made fun of the alleged intention of the past government to arrest him as soon as an exception measure was adopted.
According to Cid, Bolsonaro has changed the draft of the coup decree a few times, limiting to the figure of Moraes the list of authorities to be arrested.
“Only you would be stuck,” Cid told the minister, who said, “The others received a habeas corpus.” Present in the room, the former Mandanician himself laughed at the joke, sitting in a chair in the center of the court.
According to the PF investigations, the so-called “scam draft” initially decreed the detention, among other authorities, also by the minister of Gilmar Mendes and then Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG).
Moraes also demonstrated to have fun with the question of lawyer Celso Vilardi, responsible for the defense of Bolsonaro if something about him, Moraes, had been said in one of the alleged meetings of the plot.
“Yes, Lord. The Lord was very criticized,” said Cid.
laughing in the plenary of the first class, including Cid himself. “The Lord [Cid] You have to speak the truth. I’m used to it, you can say. “
The STF minister also showed a good mood at the end of the Monday session, when former Minister Augusto Heleno’s lawyer asked the next day’s session to be adequately session.
“It’s almost 8 pm at night,” Milanez said at the time. “The audience tomorrow starts at 9am. Considering that we have to arrive half an hour before, we only came in a car and I still need to take the general home, I need to go home. I minimally I want to dinner, excellence, I just had breakfast almost.”
Moraes, at first, joked that he would start then at 9:02 am. Then he denied the request once and for all, stating that the speed of testimonials would allow the lawyer to feed right on Thursday and even celebrate Valentine’s Day and June parties.
“You have Wednesday to have a beautiful brunch, Thursday, a dinner, which is Valentine’s Day, Friday is St. Anthony’s Day, and the Lord celebrates in a bar.”
On Tuesday, the greatest moment of relaxation occurred when the minister allowed Bolsonaro to play.
The former president had said before he could send to the magistrate images of how the people welcome him well in acts on the street. “Decline,” said Moraes.
Then Bolsonaro said. “I decline again,” replied Moraes.
The minister had already told Bolsonaro to be comfortable at the beginning of his speech, when the former president asked permission to lengthen in an answer and address points that were not the subject of the question. This same tolerance was extended to the other defendants.
The attitude contrasts with the adopted in some of the testimonies of the 52 defense and prosecution witnesses, taken from May 19 to June 2. In one of them ,.
“If you do not behave, you will be arrested for contempt,” Moraes said after asking Aldo to be objective and to hear as an answer a “I do not admit censorship.”
The discussion was after Moraes showed irritation with considerations about the Portuguese language made by the minister, defense witness of former navy chief Almir Garnier Santos.
Aldo said he could not be taken to the letter a supposed speech by Garnier that he would make his troops available to Bolsonaro’s scammers. The Admiral denies having made the statement.
In another testimony of witness, stating that he presented a different version than he had given to the Federal Police.
Also in the general’s testimony, stating that he was successively questioned already answered. “The Lord has asked the same thing four times. The witness has replied. We are not here to do circus. I will not allow you to circle in my court.”
