Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes granted a request from the prosecutor-general’s office to investigate Bolsonaro’s role, citing a video the former president posted on Facebook two days after the riot. It claimed Lula wasn’t voted into office, but rather was chosen by the Supreme Court and the electoral body, which Justice de Moraes also oversees.
Although Bolsonaro posted the video after the riot and deleted it hours later, prosecutors argued its content was sufficient to justify investigating his conduct beforehand. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday outside the police building, Bolsonaro’s former communications chief Fábio Wajngarten said the former president posted it accidentally while medicated, and deleted it once he realized.
Also seems relevant:
The bill’s provision to grant politicians sweeping immunity on social media may pave the way for an erosion of accountability and transparency in the digital sphere. This could lead to a decline in public trust in political institutions and a surge in the spread of false information.
Next he’ll claim that Bolsonaro’s entire presidency was accidentally when medicated.
My bad, I was high.
Probably Chloroquine…
Representatives proposed by the PL include the former president’s son Eduardo Bolsonaro, his former intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem and Andre Fernandes, who called for the inquiry even though he is being investigated by the Supreme Court for supporting the Jan. 8 storming.
At least we don’t have to wait for confirmation that it will be a farce.
Also Thursday, De Moraes ordered the release of 12 people who were arrested in front of Army barracks in Rio Branco and Belem, who should therefore be tried by local federal courts and not by the STF. The defendants must nevertheless wear an electronic anklet, appear weekly in court, and surrender their passports. They are also forbidden to access social networks.
There is a non-zero chance that he spent at least one night in a Minions-themed guest bedroom.
