Lieutenant colonel and whistleblower Mauro Cid and reserve general Walter Braga Netto will face on Tuesday (24), in a core marked by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, rapporteur of the criminal action that investigates the attempted coup of 8 January. The procedure will take place in the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and, unlike the previous interrogations, will not be transmitted.
Provided for in the Code of Criminal Procedure, the caressing is used to confront contradictory versions between defendants or witnesses. Those involved are placed face to clarify divergences in the testimonials already provided. They are asked again about the points where there is conflict of versions.
Braga Netto’s defense pointed to the Supreme Court two central contradictions between the general’s testimonials and those of Mauro Cid. The first concerns a meeting in November 2022 at the former minister’s house. Cid stated that the meeting was the “green and yellow dagger” plan, which provided for the monitoring of authorities.
Documents found by the Federal Police (PF) indicate that this planning embraced the hypothesis even the murder of public figures, such as Alexandre de Moraes himself.
Also according to Lieutenant Colonel, those present at the meeting showed dissatisfaction with the outcome of the elections and the conduct of the theme by the Armed Forces. According to him, Braga Netto would have taken him from the meeting at that time, under the justification that “operational measures” would be discussed in which he could not participate. The general denies that this dialogue occurred.
The second divergence involves a supposed delivery of cash by Braga Netto to Cid, in a box of wine. The value, according to the former Bolsonaro orders, would be destined for Major de Oliveira, known as “black kid” from the Army Special Forces, to finance undemocratic acts. The version is contested by the general’s defense, which denies having made any transfer.
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On Sunday, Moraes determined that Braga Netto’s lawyers inform the logistical details of the former minister’s trip to Brasilia for the interim, such as itinerary, times and flight number. Arrested since December for obstruction of justice, the military should also inform where he will stay in the capital.
On the same date, a caress is scheduled between former Justice Minister Anderson Torres and former Army commander Marco Antonio Freire Gomes, listed as a witness in the process. Torres’s defense wants to confront Freire Gomes’s version, which would have pointed to him as a participant in coup content meetings.
In the procedure, only witnesses have a legal duty to tell the truth. Defendants, such as Braga Netto and Cid, can exercise the right to silence and are not obliged to provide answers that may lead to self -confrontation.
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Acoreations occur in the complementary stage of the criminal action that investigates the main core of the coup plot. In addition to Cid, Braga Netto and Torres, former President Jair Bolsonaro and four others are also defendants. After this phase, the process goes to the final allegations of defense and prosecution, with a period of up to 15 days.
After this stage, Moraes may mark the trial when the ministers of the First Class of the Supreme Court will decide whether the defendants will be convicted or acquitted. The class is made up of Moraes, Flávio Dino, Cristiano Zanin, Carmen Lúcia and Luiz Fux.
As shown The globe, Ministers of the Court evaluate that the trial of the criminal action may begin until September. Members of the Court and the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) see this period as probably in view of the fulfillment of the legal requirements for the action to be appreciated.
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Investigators are responsible for armed criminal organization, attempted coup, violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, qualified damage, serious threat and deterioration of listed assets. If acquitted, the process is filed. In case of conviction, the penalties will be fixed individually. Penalty, however, can only occur after the judgment of appeals.
