Ambassador André Chermont, former chief of the presidency ceremonial, said, in a statement to the Supreme Court (STF) on Monday (21), that former advisor to international affairs of Jair Bolsonaro (PL) Filipe Martins would not have traveled to the United States on the presidential plane on December 30, 2022.
According to Chermont, who deposed as a defense witness of Martins, although the ceremonial kept control of the passenger list, the person responsible for the elaboration was Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, then Bolsonaro’s order assistant.
The diplomat confirmed, however, that he accompanied the boarding and that the former advisor did not travel at that time.
“I believe that at a previous moment he [Filipe Martins] He was part of the list, but then he was not planned, ”he said.
Chermont also stated that he did not remember the sector he commanded to have been triggered to control the former advisor’s documentation.
The Supreme Court has heard since last Monday (14) of the criminal action that investigates a coup planning in 2022. The hearings of the defense witnesses of Nucleus 2 take place between July 15 and 21. Nucleus 4 hearings were made on July 15 and 16. While the hearing of the defense witnesses of core 3 will be held between 21 and 23.
Understand the case
Martins and other defendants are part of the so-called “core 2” of the report of the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), for participation in the alleged scammer plot of 2022.
The former advisor is accused of integrating the legal nucleus of the operation, including assisting the creation of minutes to institute state of siege and the application of GLO (guarantee of the law and order).
Martins is on provisional release after being arrested in February 2024 in the Operação time of truth.
He was detained for six months in Paraná for allegedly left Brazil on Bolsonaro’s presidential plane to the United States on December 30, 2022. He was arrested on the grounds of existence
In August last year, after the presentation of defense documents claiming that he would not have left Brazil along with Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
However, since then, the former advisor are: use electronic anklet; Do not access social networks; retreat at home at night; and not talk to the other investigated in the case. He is also forbidden to leave the country and had to deliver his passports.
*Under Renata Souza supervision
