The interview given by Jair Bolsonaro (PL) on the eve of the was decisive to Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), considering that the former president consciously confessed to the commission of crimes against national sovereignty.
Public speech was interpreted as an attempt to extort the judiciary by conditioning the end of the sanctions imposed by the United States to its amnesty.
“He confessed his conscious and voluntary criminal performance,” Moraes wrote, in a decision that authorized search and seizure at Bolsonaro’s house, a night home collection, prohibition of diplomatic contacts and the use of the anklet.
According to the minister, the statements of the former president, coupled with the actions of Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP) in the United States, make up a deliberate cooperation to press the Court.
What Bolsonaro said
At the press conference on Thursday (17), Bolsonaro talked about AE said he was willing to negotiate directly with the former US president-since the Lula government “signaled” and returned his passport. In the same context, he mentioned the possibility of Trump wanting his amnesty and said the cost would be low for Brazil.
“Lula, signals to me, give me the passport … I business with Trump. He did it for me to talk. Who will not talk, will pay a high price. Ah, Trump wants to amnesty. I do not know what he wants. Ask him, put,” said Bolsonaro.
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“Let’s assume that he wants to amnesty? Is it a lot? Because if this 50%continues, everyone will suffer, especially the poorest. And amnesty is a private parliament.
The statements were interpreted by Moraes as an indication that Bolsonaro intends to use the diplomatic crisis generated by the tariff as an instrument of bargain, to obtain a favorable outcome in criminal action 2,668, whose defendant has it for attempted coup.
Children already defended amnesty
Bolsonaro’s children were already suggesting that amnesty would be a way to end the impasse. Licensed deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), directly involved in the articulations with Donald Trump’s allies, even published on his social networks that US economic sanctions could be reversed.
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Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) also indicated, in public statements, that the “institutional common sense” would go through a gesture of pacification ,.
For Moraes, these demonstrations demonstrate an alignment of strategy between Jair and Eduardo Bolsonaro, focusing on conditioning diplomatic measures hostile to a judicial outcome favorable to the former president-which would characterize, according to him, attempted institutional extortion and direct affront to sovereignty.
“Attack on national sovereignty,” says Moraes
In the decision, Moraes states that the former president acts “willful and coordinated” with Eduardo Bolsonaro to submit the operation of the Supreme Court to the sieve of another state, in this case, the United States. Conduct, according to the minister, characterizes the crimes of:
• coercion in the course of the process (art. 344 of the Penal Code);
• Obstruction of investigation of criminal organization (art. 2, §1 of Law 12.850/13);
• Attack on national sovereignty (art. 359-I of the Penal Code).
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Moraes also cites other statements and publications made by Bolsonaro on social networks, including a video in which Donald Trump defends the former Brazilian president. The publication was made on July 11 and, according to the minister, is part of a “pressure campaign on the judiciary and the Brazilian state”.
“The criminal boldness seems to have no limits,” Moraes wrote, “with the various posts on social networks and statements in the pressuating press to national sovereignty and the independence of the judiciary.”
Defense disputes measures
In a statement, Bolsonaro’s defense claimed to have received with “surprise and outrage” the measures imposed by the Supreme Court. Lawyers claim that the former president has always complied with judicial determinations and have not yet had access to the full decision.
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“The defense of former President Jair Bolsonaro received with surprise and indignation the imposition of severe precautionary measures against him, which until the present moment has always complied with all determinations of the judiciary. The defense will manifest itself timely, after knowing the court decision.”
