The former advisor to international matters of the Presidency of the Republic told the (Supreme Court) on Thursday (24) that he never had contact with a draft that would support a democratic rupture in 2022.
“I became aware of the press. There was news that there was something of this nature, but I did not learn about the content itself, because it was not added in the file,” he said.
Filipe Martins is accused of having presented the first version of the coup draft. The document contained a series of for the coup action.
According to the complaint, Bolsonaro requested editions in the text and then submitted the proposal to the chiefs of the Armed Forces.
The first class of the court listened on Thursday the interrogations of the (Attorney General’s Office). With this stage closed, the STF has already opened the five -day period for the defenses to submit requests for complementary steps.
The complaint against this group was received unanimously on April 22 this year.
According to Filipe Martins, the document as reported by the whistleblower does not even exist in the coup plot process.
“This draft he attributes to me does not exist in the file, with the characteristics given by him in the file, which would be more than 10 pages of consideration, with forecast arrest of authorities. I can say with full security that not only had no contact before I did not have in the process. And so my defense has called the ghost draft,” he said.
The former advisor spent six months in pre-trial detention decreed by the minister, based on elements pointed out by and PGR and always contested by his defense.
Filipe Martins said he considered a political prisoner and that this is the first time he has the opportunity to defend himself, even as a result of measures imposed by the rapporteur, such as.
In the same session, before Martins, was heard Fernando de Sousa Oliveira, former director of operations of, first questioned of the nucleus. The Federal Police delegate stated that there was a change in behavior of the then minister between the first and second shifts of the presidential election.
“There was a change in behavior. I, at least, the 2022 operation coordinator, I do not remember that the minister participated in any meeting in the first round. But in the second round, there was a very exacerbated demand related to the 2022 election operation,” he said.
“We had other operations ongoing. It was at least six, but regarding the 2022 operation, I was summoned at least six times,” said the former director.
Another interrogated defendant was former advisor Marcelo Câmara. He is accused of monitoring Alexandre de Moraes’s location after Lula’s election and argued that he did so through open sources, such as public agendas, after Bolsonaro suspects that Vice President Hamilton Mourão was secretly secretly with the Supreme Minister.
“I never participated in monitoring. There was a stir around that. I never participated. In fact, when I was asked, I was information. I did not plan operation, I did not know the operation. I had no contact with the people who were mentioned in this plan,” he said.
Lawyer Eduardo Kuntz, who represents him, asked if the former advisor participated in any espionage action. “Worse yet. It was narrowing, it was agenda adjustment. So I always try to say that it was information and not monitoring. Because it was searching the internet, in the agenda, open data,” he replied.
At the same session, former PRF director Silvinei Vasques denied the direction of operations to the Northeast. “The most supervised state was Santa Catarina, but that had no emphasis on the media,” he said.
The PRF under Vasques in 2022 was accused of voters of (). Former director general of the agency was almost 1 year for alleged attempt to interfere with the election.
“You asked if there was any attempt to disrupt President Lula’s voters to reach the polling places. No, never. I didn’t receive that order. We didn’t determine either. The investigation itself showed that no colleague did it.”
In addition, Silvinei also denied knowing the bis, the intelligence reports, who would have indicated the municipalities with the most voters of the petista. “I didn’t use it, the PRF did not use, no PRF server received this document.”
Unlike the central nucleus interrogations, which includes the former president (PL), the minister and the Attorney General of the Republic, were not present. Through the Supreme, the assistant judge of the Henrique Window Tamai Rocha chaired the audience.
Also in a different model, the session took place by video conferencing. At the central core, the seven defendants had to follow the procedures in the classroom, in person. It was after the award -winning denunciation was signed.
The second group is composed of members of the Bolsonaro government: (former member of the Ministry of Justice), (former advisor to international matters of the Presidency) (former president of the Presidency), (former member of the Ministry of Justice), (former executive secretary of the General Secretariat of the Presidency) and (former director general of the Federal Highway Police).
Complaints against them are for five crimes: attempt to abolish the Democratic Rule of Law, coup, armed criminal organization, qualified damage and deterioration of listed heritage.
