The former PF chief in Rio says he knows the investigation of Flávio Bolsonaro | Brazil

However, the delegate denied that there had been requests from the president regarding ongoing investigations while commanding the PF in the state.

“When asked if he was aware of the investigations of the president’s family members in the years 2019 and 2020 in SR / PF / RJ, he said that he was aware of an investigation in the electoral sphere whose investigation had already been carried out. informed, without charge, “says the testimony transcript.

The investigation opened within the scope of the Electoral Justice investigated whether Flávio committed money laundering when declaring his assets in the 2014, 2016 and 2018 elections. According to a report in the newspaper “O Globo”, the PF requested that the process be closed in March, without even asking for breaks. confidentiality of the investigated.

The confirmation of the existence of this investigation against the president’s son contradicts Bolsonaro’s recent statements, who said that “the Federal Police never investigated anyone in his family.”

In his testimony, Sousa also stated that, although he was invited to be superintendent in Rio de Janeiro in August, he was only appointed in November, because Bolsonaro wanted to get someone else on the job.

“There was a delay in the appointment of the representative for this position because at that time there was a public demonstration by President Jair Bolsonaro, reported in the press, that he, the president, wanted another delegate to assume the position of superintendent in Rio de Janeiro, “he said in the statement.

He also stated that when the new CEO, Rolando Alexandre, invited him to assume the executive leadership of the PF, he appointed delegate Tácio Muzzi to head the Rio de Janeiro superintendency, a request that was accepted.

In other testimony, also given this Wednesday, the delegate Alexandre Saraiva confirmed that he was Bolsonaro’s favorite and said that he was even invited to take command of the PF in Rio de Janeiro.

According to Saraiva, at the beginning of the second semester, the then director general of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin), Alexandre Ramagem, called to ask if he would accept to assume the superintendency of Rio de Janeiro, which “accepted immediately”.

Bolsonaro nominated the damage to replace Maurício Valeixo at the helm of the PF, but the Federal Supreme Court (STF) prohibited the act.

Saraiva also reported that, in a meeting with the then Minister of Justice Sergio Moro, he was asked about the invitation. “Saraiva, what is this about you in Rio de Janeiro?”, The former judge would have asked. According to the delegate, Moro was extremely “correct and dignified” in his approach and only said that he was supposed to be “calm” because he “knew” the facts.