The Attorney General’s Office resumed the investigation against the former councilor regarding the alleged practice of “rachadinha” in his former office at the City Council.
The body rejected the case’s closure, which was sent to another Public Prosecutor’s Office to assess the need for further steps to clarify Carlos’ alleged involvement in collecting salaries from employees in his office.
This measure was taken after the Rio de Janeiro Court ordered the Public Prosecutor’s Office, after prosecutor Alexandre Graça offered one, but without including the former councilor among the accused.
Graça had considered that no irregularities were identified in the financial transactions of the former president’s son.
When Carlos’ defense was sought, he did not respond until the publication of this text.
Previously, at the time of the filing, the former president’s son said he welcomed the information and also declared outrage at the accusation against members of his cabinet. “I trust all my employees and I am absolutely certain that everyone involved will demonstrate the fragility of the accusation and their innocence”, at the time.
In a decision on the 9th, the Deputy Attorney General for Original Attribution Justice, Marcelo Pereira Marques, considered the shelving of the investigation against Carlos premature and sent the procedure to another Prosecutor’s Office for a new assessment of the case.
as to Sheet showed, the investigation was closed, which led to the complaint against senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL), later archived after annulment of evidence.
The closed the investigation against the councilor without analyzing his real estate transactions, nor did he question health plans about how bills were paid. These were attributed to the senator.
However, the investigation into Carlos showed that he and his brother had different financial transactions. The former councilor, while the senator, made few withdrawals. The practice makes it difficult to identify possible deviations, since the former president’s son “02” had .
Prosecutor Alexandre Graça, responsible for the procedure, stated that “the necessary steps were taken.” He also said that “the question asked is the result of ignorance of the investigation”.
