The defense of () said it received with surprise on suspicion of obstruction of the trial of the coup plot, underway in the Supreme Court.
The lawyers said, in a statement issued to the press, late on Thursday (21), that “there was never the breach of any previously imposed precautionary measure.”
They added that the elements pointed out in the decision will be properly clarified within the deadline set by the rapporteur minister of the case ,. The note is signed by lawyers Celso Vilardi, Paulo Amador da Cunha Bueno and Daniel Tesser.
Eduardo stated in a statement, on Wednesday night (20), that it has no purpose to interfere with the ongoing process in Brazil and called the “absolutely delirious crime” the notes of which resulted in his indictment and that of his father.
He said it was “unfortunate and shameful” what he called the leak of conversations between father and son.
The final report of the Federal Police investigation, delivered to court on Friday (15), said there was evidence that the two committed coercion crimes in the course of the process and attempted abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law.
Allies of the former president use temporality as the main argument of defense to the letter with the request for political asylum. The claim is that the document is 2024 – therefore, much prior to the precautionary measures imposed by the Court.
Bolsonaro was forbidden to speak with foreign diplomats and authorities only recently. And they say there is no illegality in requesting political asylum. Which, they say, was not even completed, although the document was found by the PF.
Ex-president interlocutors say he even considered leaving the country, but this year was convinced that the ideal would be to continue in Brazil and maintain his leadership.
Politically, the defense argument of its surroundings is to insist on the Supreme Court’s thesis. For them, the PF report exposed private conversations and this evidences behavior considered by them unjust police. It is expected to help fill the streets in the demonstrations of September 7, despite the last acts to have been considerably smaller than last year.
