In the petition addressed to Moraes, Bolsonaro’s lawyers stated: “…There is no doubt that the conditions of the hearings that have already taken place represent elements that are already effectively documented, which is why it is imperative to grant immediate access to these documents. “
The PF did not even have time to introduce the statements of Mauro Cid and his father, General Lourena Cid, into the trial. But the defense even acknowledges the efficiency of the investigators under the pretext of justifying the onslaught:
“In view of the significant progress in the investigation, in particular in obtaining crucial depositions, which took place yesterday, permission is requested to update the files to allow full access to the depositions relating to the hearings on August 31, 2023 .” “
Lawyers don’t usually throw words to the wind. When they silence a customer, they silence a defenseless one. When they express their clever words in formal petitions, they try to fish for new tricks in old top summaries. The request for access to “elements already effectively documented” is supported by Federal Court of Justice Precedent 14.
An executive summary is a brief summary of a Supreme Court decision. Number fourteen is 14 years old. It was approved in a plenary session on February 2, 2009. It states: “It is the right of the defense lawyer, in the interests of the person represented, to have full access to evidence that has already been documented in an investigation that has been carried out by a judicial police authority, affects the exercise of the right of defense.”
What Bolsonaro’s lawyers forget or forget is that the success of police work sometimes depends on secrecy. At the meeting in which they approved the summary establishing the obviousness of the defendant’s right to know the allegations, the Supreme Court ministers also recognized another obviousness: there are measures that must be confidential, even at risk to jeopardize their success.