MP asks the court to find out if Bolsonaro used the government to favor his son | Politics

In the representation, the deputy prosecutor Lucas Furtado specifically mentions the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) and the Presidential Institutional Security Office (GSI).

According to a report in the magazine “Época”, lawyers for Flávio Bolsonaro mobilized government agencies in search of elements that would allow the annulment of the investigations that involve Fabrício Queiroz, former adviser of the parliamentarian, in the case of the “crackers”.

The report reports a conversation on August 25, at the Planalto Palace, between President Jair Bolsonaro and lawyers Luciana Pires and Juliana Bierrenbach. Despite the alleged mobilization, according to the magazine, the agencies found no such irregularities.

“It is hard to believe, however, that senior officials of the federal administration in the areas of intelligence and institutional security may be in charge of receiving complaints of the nature that are now being considered, related to tax crimes and their respective investigations.” says extract of representation. by Lucas Furtado.

The sub-attorney states that, If the suspicions are confirmed, Bolsonaro’s action can be characterized as a deviation from the public purpose. In this case, it would be up to the TCU to know the damage caused to the public heritage and the responsibility of those involved, in addition to applying sanctions.

The deviation of purpose would be characterized, for Furtado, because Abin and GSI would not act in that way in favor of any other citizen. Favoring the private interests of the Bolsonaro family would also represent a crime of responsibility, for violating the internal security of the country and probity in the public administration.

Deputy Attorney Lucas Furtado also affirms that the alleged interference would also constitute a “very serious fact” with common and responsible implications, but that the investigation of these irregularities is not the responsibility of the TCU.

According to “Época”, when summoned by the lawyers, Jair Bolsonaro summoned the minister Augusto Heleno, head of the Institutional Security Office (GSI), and Alexandre Ramagem, director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) to the meeting.

The defense of Flávio Bolsonaro says that, to produce reports, Treasury officials have violated the senator’s rights. The information that supported the intelligence documents of the former Coaf (Financial Activities Control Council), currently called the Financial Intelligence Unit.

One of these documents revealed the scheme that, according to the Federal Public Ministry, would have the participation of Flávio Bolsonaro, the president’s son: the embezzlement of public money in the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (Alerj) through “rachadinhas”, the practice of the parliamentarians to recover part of the salary of the employees.

The Sindicato de Auditores Tributarios (Sindifisco) stated in a note last week that the Federal Treasury does not transmit information to Coaf – the exact opposite is the case. Coaf is the body that produces financial intelligence reports, so-called RIFs, based on information provided by financial institutions that are required to inform the body of unusual financial transactions.

In a note sent to the press on Friday (23), GSI said that it did not take any action in relation to the case. The agency stated that it understood that it was not responsible for any action in this regard.

In the note, GSI indicated that it had received information from attorneys Luciana Pires and Juliana Bieerenbach about alleged irregularities in reports from the Federal Tax Service. According to the office, the lawyers said the complaints were brought to the GSI for “reaching a member of the presidential family.”

“However, in light of what was presented to us, what could seem to be a matter of institutional security, was configured as an issue, dealt with by the Internal Revenue Service of Internal Affairs, of an internal nature of that body and already prosecuted. “says the text. .

The Brazilian Intelligence Agency did not comment on the presence of Alexandre Ramagem at the meeting described by the magazine “Época” and sent the same note sent by the Office of Institutional Security.