Declaration was made after a new operation of the Federal Police at his home and in his political office, authorized by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the STF
The former president said in an interview with Reuters, that he is being pursued by Brazilian institutions and that “the system” prefers to see him dead. The statement was made on Friday (18), after a new operation of his home and in his political office, authorized by the Minister, of the Supreme Court (). “I arrested I will give them trouble. I’ve been diving, jumping with parachutes and stab.
In the interview, the former president also said he never saw a lawsuit to walk so quickly. Your trial is scheduled for August 20. “With my 70 years of life experience, I know that anything can happen,” he said. The Supreme Court has determined a series of restrictions on the former president, including the use of electronic anklet, passport blockage and the ban on social networks. Bolsonaro is also prevented from maintaining contact with diplomats, ambassadors and his son (PL-SP), who is in the United States.
The measures were maintained by majority of the first class of the Supreme in virtual session. In a statement, Bolsonaro’s defense claimed to have received the measures with “surprise and outrage”, claiming that he always respected the orders of justice. During the operation of the PF, a cash, a cell phone and a pen drive were seized in a residence bathroom. Bolsonaro said he was unaware of the device and even implied that he could have been planted: “I never opened a pen drive in life. I don’t even have a laptop at home.” Later he went back, “I’ll ask my wife if the Pen Drive was hers.”
Minister Alexandre de Moraes justified the measures based on evidence that Bolsonaro would have acted to interfere with the electoral process, instigate attacks on institutions and try to obtain political benefits in exchange for advantages to foreign governments. In his vote, Moraes quoted Machado de Assis: “National sovereignty is the most beautiful thing in the world, with the condition of being sovereignty and being national.” Bolsonaro classified the use of the anklet as a “supreme humiliation” and reaffirmed that he had not participated in any scam attempt.
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