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In the decision that determined the dismissal of Senator Chico Rodrigues (DEM-RR), Minister Luis Roberto Barroso (STF) released details of the Federal Police report on how more than R $ 30 thousand, in cash, were found inside your underwear. of the parliamentarian: the delegate who accompanied the operation in the house noticed an unusual volume in Rodrigues’ clothes.
During the action carried out yesterday at the senator’s residence in Boa Vista, the PF claims to have filmed the moment when ballots were found in his underwear to demonstrate how the congressman had hidden elements even during the seizure. However, not all videos were released.
This police team has a video of the second personal search carried out, however, in this case, considering the way in which the values were hidden by Senator Chico Rodrigues inside his underwear, I do not reproduce such images in this report so as not to generate more shame.
PF report
‘Large volume, rectangular shape’
The PF was searching the house of Rodrigues, suspected of participating in a public diversion scheme designed to combat the covid-19 pandemic, when the MP asked to go to the bathroom. According to the report, the delegate who accompanied the search, Wedson Cajé Lopes, he agreed and said he would go to the bathroom.
At this time, Deputy Wedson noticed that there was a large volume, rectangular in shape, on the back of Senator Chico Rodrigues’ robe, who was wearing blue shorts (like pajamas) and a yellow shirt.
PF report
According to the PF, the delegate suspected that the senator was hiding money or even a telephone device. When asked if he was hiding something in his clothes, according to the text, the senator replied “quite scared” that there was nothing.
When making the personal search in Senator Chico Rodrigues, at first, he found in his underwear, near his buttocks, bundles of money that added up to the amount of R $ 15,000.00.
PF report
Police wrote that Rodrigues “insistently” hid values in his clothes.
When questioned for the third time, with great anger, Senator Chico Rodrigues reached into his underwear and took out other bundles of money, which totaled R $ 17,900.
PF report
Chico Rodrigues was deputy director of the Bolsonaro government in the Senate
Image: Playback / Twitter @senadorchico
The money was hidden during the seizure
Continuing with the report, the PF states that the first searches in Rodrigues’ house were made in his room, followed by his son’s room. The text states that the agents did not notice “any volume” in the senator’s robes before reaching his son’s room.
The volume was only noticed when, after leaving his son’s room, the senator asked to change his clothes
PF report
Police say it is “possible to tell” that the money was kept somewhere between searches in the two rooms.
That is, even after hearing the search and seizure order issued by the Federal Supreme Court, during due diligence, Senator Chico Rodrigues was able to momentarily hide values that would have originated or equivalent to the criminal acts under investigation, in addition to causing embarrassment to the investigation. criminal proceeding before this Supreme Court
PF report
The future of the case
Barroso, responsible for authorizing the operation launched yesterday by the PF, said that the removal of the senator is necessary given the “specific gravity of the crimes under investigation” and said that it serves to prevent the parliamentarian from using the position to obstruct the investigation.
The decision to remove the senator will be evaluated by the Federal Senate, which may or may not uphold the determination of the STF.
The PF requested the preventive detention of Chico Rodrigues, but the PGR (Attorney General’s Office) opposed it.
‘I will prove my innocence,’ says the senator
Earlier today, Senator Chico Rodrigues announced his departure from the post of Bolsonaro’s deputy leader in the Senate. According to Rodrigues, the decision was made to clarify the facts. “I will take care of my defense and prove my innocence,” he said in a statement.
The dismissal was granted by President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) during the afternoon.
Rodrigues also said that he trusts justice and that soon everything will be clarified. “I repeat, throughout my 30 years of public life, I have dedicated my life to the people of Roraima and Brazil, and I will stand firm.”
