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The Federal Regional Court of Region II (TRF-2) will judge the conduct of the federal judge Marcelo bretas, from Rio, for participating in political events with the president Jair bolsonaro and the mayor of Rio, Marcelo crivella.
The trial is scheduled for next Thursday and the temperature in the Judiciary must rise due to an explosive coincidence: Bretas began to be investigated in May by the TRF-2 by order of the President of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), Humberto Martins, who was then a national magistrate of Justice.
This week, Bretas ordered the search and seizure of the home of Humberto Martins’s son, the lawyer Eduardo Martins, who was investigated on suspicion of having received R $ 82 million to act in the Fecomércio do Rio de Janeiro cases. He was denounced by Orlando Diniz, former director of the organization.
Other lawyers affected by the operation also accuse Bretas of bias for an alleged link with Bolsonaro. In February, Bretas accompanied the president and Crivella to the opening of a loop on the Rio-Niterói bridge and to an evangelical party on the beach. The appearance of the judge on Bolsonaro’s platform generated controversy: the magistrates cannot participate in activities of political parties.
The Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) then filed a disciplinary complaint with the National Council of Justice (CNJ) against Bretas. The magistrate was Humberto Martins, who decided to open an investigation against the Rio judge for “acts of a partisan nature” and “overexposure and promotion.”
Bretas defended himself on a social network stating that, “at no time was it considered to be political party events, but only technical / institutional (work) and religious (worship) events,” he wrote. “It should be noted that the participation of authorities of the Judicial Power in acts of the same nature as the other powers of the Republic is very common and expresses the harmony between these Powers of the State, without prejudice to reciprocal independence,” he added.
