The investigation regardingAttack on the Parliament of Brasilia revolves around the former President, Jair Bolsonaro, and to his closest men. Former Minister of Justice Anderson Torreshas been arrested just landed in the capital, returned from his trip Florida, where the former president is still being treated in an American clinic. This was announced by CNN Brasil. And on Saturday morning, the news also arrived that the public prosecutor’s office responsible for the investigation had already investigated opened a file against Bolsonaro personally, who after the end of his mandate no longer benefits from theimmunity.
At the request of the Brazilian Attorney General, the Supreme Court has decided to include the former Brazilian head of state in the investigation. August Macawswho suspected the crimes of “Incitement and Spiritual Fatherhood” about the raid. Under indictment would stand in particular Videopublished by Bolsonaro on social media two days after the attack, on January 10, and then removed stating that the new president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva he was not elected but elected by the Supreme Court. Although the video was released after the riot, prosecutors believe the content is sufficient to probe his conduct.
“Jair Bolsonaro’s remarks were another occasion on which the former president put himself in a theoretically criminal and offensive position towards the institutions, particularly the Supreme Court.” According to the judge of the Supreme Court of Brazil, Alexander en moraes authorized the national prosecutor’s office to launch investigations into Bolsonaro. “It is important to note that Bolsonaro has repeatedly committed the same behaviors that are now being investigated,” added the judge, giving a positive response to the prosecutor’s request.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Justice Flavio DinoHe announced this in the coming days other arrests for taking part in last Sunday’s heist.