The Attorney General of the Republic, , asked the (Supreme Federal Court) to archive the investigation into the (PL) and then sold abroad.
Gonet’s statement cites the absence of standards on the subject and conflicting decisions by external control bodies — over the last few years, the (Federal Audit Court) published a series of rulings on the subject.
“There is no regulation, by law in a formal sense, on the destination and ownership of gifts received by the President of the Republic from foreign authorities”, says the document submitted by the rapporteur of the case at the Federal Supreme Court, minister.
“There is no rule of law that defines, with the clarity and comprehensiveness imposed by the requirements of legal certainty, the legal regime applicable to these assets.”
As shown by Sheetinvestigations into the jewelry presented by Bolsonaro on all investigation fronts — criminal, administrative and fiscal.
The case dates back to 2021, when a set consisting of six items — watch, pen, ring, pair of cufflinks and rosary, all from the Swiss brand Chopard — entered Brazil without being declared or detected by Brazilian authorities.
On the same occasion, an advisor to the then minister (Mines and Energy) was caught at Guarulhos International Airport with another jewelry kit, which ended up seized by the Federal Revenue Service.
The case that went unnoticed was handed over to Bolsonaro, who tried to sell the jewelry abroad. The assets were valued by the PF at more than .
The episode generated a procedure at the (União Audit Court), a customs investigation and a criminal investigation, in which the former president was indicted before the (Supreme Federal Court). Since Bolsonaro was indicted by the Federal Police, in July 2024, there has been no news in the process.
