The Attorney General of the Republic, , stated that the weapon of () does not indicate disciplinary misconduct on the part of the former president.
For him, therefore, it is necessary to wait for the end of the investigations into the episode for a conclusion on the maintenance of Bolsonaro’s home.
The statement was sent this Thursday (25) to the minister of the (Supreme Federal Court).
“Configuring an offense as serious requires more than subsuming the fact into the norm, demanding an analysis of the impacts of the illicit conduct on the legal system and on the object and purpose of criminal execution,” said the PGR.
Moraes asked on Wednesday (24) for the (Attorney General’s Office) to send an opinion on the matter within 48 hours. Afterwards, a period of another 48 hours will be opened for Bolsonaro’s defense to speak out again. Only then will the minister make his decision on the future of the former president.
According to the rapporteur, the seizure could demonstrate a “serious offense” and lead to “the cessation of Bolsonaro’s house arrest.”
The period of house arrest, granted in March for health reasons, ends this Thursday. As shown by SheetMoraes had been considering extending the benefit for another 90 days, but the gun episode raised an alert in the magistrate, who could send him back to Papudinha.
The 9mm Glock pistol, belonging to Bolsonaro, was taken to military personnel Estácio Leite da Silva Filho, the former president’s bodyguard, on the night of June 15th, after being approached during a traffic stop in the Federal District. He was about 33 kilometers from the house where Bolsonaro is under house arrest.
The former president of the Federal District this Tuesday (23). He admitted ownership of the weapon and stated that, upon detecting a flaw in the pistol, he asked the security guard to arrange for it to be repaired. Bolsonaro claimed that “he has three women at home and could not be unarmed” — in reference to the presence at the residence of his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, his daughter and a stepdaughter.
