The defense of Federal Police delegate Anderson Torres, former minister of Jair Bolsonaro (PL), presented this Monday (27) an appeal against the conviction he received from the STF (Supreme Federal Court) for participating in the attempt to coup d’état.
In the document, the lawyers claim that the ruling that convicted Torres contains errors of fact, contradictions and serious omissions, which would have compromised the analysis of the evidence and the right to defense.
The piece highlights that the former minister did not remain silent in the face of anti-democratic demonstrations and that, on the contrary, he adopted preventive measures before traveling to USAsuch as the signing of an Integrated Actions Protocol that prohibited protesters from accessing the Square of the Three Powers.
The defense also mentions that Torres held, on January 6, 2023, a meeting to demobilize camps in front of the Army Headquarters and order the arrest of movement leaders. Also cited as evidence ignored by the condemnatory votes are the messages of repudiation published by the former minister during the attacks and the guidance sent to subordinates to “not let it reach the Supreme Court”.
The appeal also maintains that the conviction was based on a misinterpretation of excerpts from a 2021 “live”, in which Torres read reports from the Federal Police, and states that there is no relationship between the former minister and the draft decree found in his home. The expert opinion, according to the defense, would have concluded that the document is not compatible with texts attributed to Mauro Cid or others under investigation.
The defense argues that the STF ruling adopted disproportionate dosimetry criteria, by setting a higher sentence than that for violent crimes, such as qualified homicide and robbery, even though Torres did not participate in any act of violence. For lawyers, the penalty imposed “violates the principle of proportionality and individualization of conduct”, as the former minister was convicted for a non-existent omission, in a context in which he had taken administrative measures.
Lawyers ask that the STF recognize the omissions and re-examine the evidence and factual premises of the decision, with the possibility of reviewing the conviction.
Os ministers of the First Class They will still decide whether to accept the appeal presented. The trial will take place in a virtual session, on a date that has yet to be scheduled. THE CNN found that the session should take place this week.
As shown by CNNMinister Luiz Fux, the only dissenting vote in the judgment of nucleus 1, should not participate in the analysis of the resources, as he changed classes.
Remember the accusation against Anderson Torres
The former Minister of Justice was sentenced to 24 years in prison, initially under a closed regime.
According to the complaint, Torres offered legal support for exceptional measure decrees, manipulated security forces and participated in the dissemination of disinformation against the electoral system.
The former minister would also have authorized intelligence reports on places where Lula obtained the most votes and met with the then director of the PRF, Silvinei Vasques, to discuss “targeted policing” on the day of the second round of elections, in order to make it difficult for voters opposed to Bolsonaro to travel.
A draft decree that provided for intervention in the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) was found in her home.
With the end of the Bolsonaro government, Torres became Secretary of Public Security for the Federal District, a position he held during the 8th of January. The former minister traveled to the United States on the eve of the attacks against the Three Powers.
