The president (PT) and the president of the (Supreme Court), talked by telephone early Wednesday night (9) about the offensive of the American that includes attacks on court decisions and.
The connection was made by Barroso. The two defined that the first Brazilian reactions to Trump’s announced decisions should be led by the government, which means that the demonstrations should focus on the Planalto Palace, Itamaraty and other executive bodies.
The Supreme preferred to adopt more discreet behavior in the early hours after Trump’s announcement. In the view of court ministers, the decision announced by the US President has an eminently political character and does not affect the conduct of cases in the Court.
Therefore, one of these magistrates points out, in reserved assessment, that a manifestation of the Court would not be responsible for the economic measures imposed on Brazil at this time.
STF members classify the attempt to relate Trump’s economic offensive to the former president’s () trial as improper interference with the Court and point out that there is no chance that the American pressure has any effect on the process.
Bolsonaro has already been ineligible by the (Superior Electoral Court) and will be tried by the STF for leading the 2022 coup plot, with great likely to be sentenced to prison.
A Supreme Minister compared the president’s initiative to the hypothesis of Brazil to impose sanctions on the US in response to an American Supreme Court deliberation on abortion, hoping the court to review its decision.
This STF member also minimized the risk posed by an investigation by the US Government Department of State on the course of processes in Brazil.
On social networks, the minister avoided commenting on the case, but defended the court.
“An honor to integrate the Federal Supreme Court, which seriously plays the function of protecting national sovereignty, democracy, rights and freedoms, all under the terms of the Constitution of Brazil and our laws,” said the magistrate.
Trump announced. In a letter sent to Lula, Trump states that the way Brazil has treated Bolsonaro is a “shame” and that the trial against the former president is a “witch hunt” that needs to be closed immediately. “
“The way Brazil has treated former President Bolsonaro, a highly respected leader around the world during his term, including by, is an international shame. This trial should not be taking place. It’s a witch hunt that should end immediately!”