Part of ()’s allies sought to justify the former president’s attempt to justify as an “outbreak”.
Bolsonaro’s action was one of the reasons given by the minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) this Saturday (22). The rapporteur of the coup plot case cited where the former president lives, pointed out by the magistrate as a time for people to gather to facilitate an alleged escape.
Politicians, friends and former aides of Bolsonaro began to argue that the former president was at home on Friday night (21) and had displayed strange behavior. They attribute this attitude to the attempt to break the ankle bracelet, by an agent from the Penitentiary Administration Secretariat (Seape) of the Federal District.
The justifications presented by people close to Bolsonaro varied throughout Saturday. Allies of the former president initially said, as has happened at other times.
Moraes’ decision stated that the Federal District’s Integrated Monitoring Integration Center had communicated to the Supreme Court “the occurrence of a violation of Bolsonaro’s electronic monitoring equipment” at 0:08 am on Saturday.
“The information confirms the condemned man’s intention to break the electronic ankle bracelet to ensure success in his escape, facilitated by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son”, wrote Moraes, in reference to the senator (PL-RJ).
Allies of the former president said that, in fact, the equipment had presented problems, but they did not admit the attempted violation.
Even, alleging injustice or lack of evidence to order preventive detention. The first information about the ankle bracelet only said that there had been an attempt to break it, without details.
In the middle of the afternoon, Seape released a report and a video in which Bolsonaro himself claimed to have tried. The speech in defense of the former president then began to change.
Interlocutors began to state that only an outbreak could justify the former president’s action, since an escape would be practically impossible.
Lawyer Paulo Cunha Bueno, who represents Bolsonaro, the former president. Even with video, the lawyer stated that the information is being used as a narrative to “justify the unjustifiable”.
According to the Seape document, the initial information was that Bolsonaro had crashed the device into the stairs. But, after the secretariat’s employee entered the scene, “the ankle bracelet showed no signs of stair shock”.
“The equipment had clear and important signs of damage. There were burn marks around its entire circumference, where the case was fitted/closed. At the time of the analysis, the monitored person was questioned about the instrument used”, says the Seape document, signed by Rita Gaio, deputy director of the Integrated Electronic Monitoring Center.
When asked about what had happened, Bolsonaro stated: I used a hot iron, a hot iron… curiosity.” When asked: “What iron was it? Iron?” he replied: “Soldering iron, solder.”
A soldering iron is a pointed tool that reaches a high temperature and allows you to melt metals. It is available for sale on the internet.
The Seape report says that the anklet violation alert occurred at 0:07 am this Saturday, and that the agency’s team immediately went to the scene.
Under house arrest since August 4, Bolsonaro has criminal agents in front of his house and in front of the condominium throughout the day.
Moraes, in the decision that spoke of an escape attempt, mentioned the recent departures from the country of (PL-SP) and (PL-RJ) — the latter also condemned for the coup plot.
