Former member of the first level of the Federal Executive and the Federal District, it is one of the central figures in the case of the 2022 coup plot since the draft that would support a democratic rupture was found at his house. The accusation against Torres points out facts and omissions in both positions and states that he actively contributed to the popular insurrection.
His role would have been of legal support and interference with police forces. After ceasing to be Bolsonaro Justice Minister, Torres held the position of Secretary of Security of the Government () DF () on the day of attacks of January 8, 2023 at the headquarters of the three powers.
At the head of the ministry, according to the prosecution, he would have contributed to the dissemination of misinformation about the electoral system and the electronic ballot boxes, and has articulated the direction of the PRF () for operations in the Northeast in the second round of elections. As a head of local security, he would have been negligent and was not in Brasilia on the date of scammer acts.
Torres was arrested for three months, by determination of the rapporteur of the case in the Supreme Court, due to possible omission on January 8. On May 11 of that year, the pre -trial detention was revoked.
The PGR dedicates 87 pages of the final allegations delivered to Torres —Bolsonaro had 137 from a total of 517. The defense, in turn, responded with more than 300 pages.
In addition to being absent from the capital on the day of attacks, Torres is accused of omitting the procedures to ensure safety in Brasilia on that date. The lawyers state that “the Security Secretariat took the measures within reach,” with guidelines and integrated action protocol.
In the return from the US, where he traveled in early 2023, Torres would still have lost his cell phone after he learned of the arrest warrant given by Moraes. At this point, the defense denies misplaced and says it has provided full access to cloud accounts.
“What’s more, even after the seizure and analysis of several other cell phones of investigated in the same inquiry – some of which were used as evidence by this defense – no compromising communication involving the defendant’s name was found,” the lawyers say.
The questions around the then Secretary’s trip to Orlando will be, for the prosecution and defense, fundamental in the trial.
The former minister’s lawyers responded to at least seven points in the last stage of the defense before the trial.
Prior to that, Torres took the former Army Commander Freire Gomes for an STF storage.
Acareration is a procedure in which the people involved have their version of the facts face to face, with the objective of confronting the narratives.
See everything that weighs against Anderson Torres, according to the complaint:
US trip
In the final allegations of the case, the PGR made a new charge against Torres by claiming to have identified possible falseness of the document presented by the defense, that Torres would have scheduled the trip in November, discarding a last minute exit on the eve of the attacks of 8 January.
The Attorney’s Office mentions an official Gol response, which says he did not find the name of Anderson Torres at the locator provided by him and on flight from Brasilia to Orlando. Still, the PGR also says that the trip was “deliberate strategy of removal and convenience with the approaching violent actions.”
Torres’s defense filed the tickets on the case file and the Official Rental Reserve and says the trip has been scheduled since November 21. Torres would even have warned Governor Ibaneis of the program when invited to take over the Security Secretariat.
“The trip was planned in advance, publicly and regularly, motivated by exclusively familiar reasons,” the lawyers say.
Data from the former minister’s trip are in the US-listed history of arrivals to track the entry and exit of foreigners in the country. The information was accessed by Sheet.
Coup minuta
In January 2023, during a search and seizure operation at the former minister’s house after the attack on the three powers in Brasilia, a decree was found to establish a state of defense and reverse the electoral result.
The document would serve the scammer purposes, to prevent the possession of the president (). In interrogation in the criminal action in June, Torres stated that the document found by the Federal Police ended up at his home due to a fatality.
According to him, the text was one of the roles he received in the routine in the ministry, had current content in society at the time and should go to trash. In March, the defense called the Irresponsible PGR complaint.
Torres’ lawyers maintain that there is no evidence that built the accusations against him and says the former minister is being sued only for integrating the Bolsonaro government.
Live against the ballot box
Live on July 29 is another point of debate between prosecution and defense. According to the PGR, it voluntarily propagated unhealthy news about the electronic voting system.
As minister, he participated, for example, in Live of July 29, 2021, when, according to, read a document with the “intention to give appearance of technicity to the fallacious message of the then president, mobilizing servers to assist him in this deviation
The defense has emphasized that he only participated in the final four minutes of Live, and was present because it was called by the President of the Republic. Lawyer Eumar Novacki has stated in the file that the client has just read the one sent by the PF criminal experts, with the aim of perfecting the electoral system.
PGR states that his behavior has shown another position. “On the contrary, it is observed the spontaneity and ideological alignment of Anderson Torres to the purposes of that meeting.”
PRF Direction
Anderson Torres was also indicted in another inquiry, on suspicion of use of the PRF under Bolsonaro to block voters to vote for the then candidate Lula. In the coup plot, the PGR says that he used the structure of the corporation, with the collaboration of PF delegates who later joined his team in the Security Secretariat, to “obstruct the operation of the electoral system and undermine democratic values, making it difficult to participate opposite voters to the then President Bolsonaro.”
In turn, the defense says the prosecution cannot list any specific fact against towers at this point. “The ministerial body does not point to any conduct directly attributed to the accused. In reverse, he supports his accusatory thesis in third party conversations, in a desperate attempt to connect Anderson Torres to an alleged ‘insidious’ plan.
