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Minister Felix Fischer of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) denied another appeal by Senator Flávio Bolsonaro’s defense (Republicans-RJ) that he intended to paralyze investigations into the alleged “cracked” scheme. The irregularities would have happened while he was a deputy.
The attorneys asked Fischer to reconsider his April 17 decision, which denied a habeas corpus to stop the investigations. The minister declared that the defense did not present new facts that justify a change in its position.
Flávio Bolsonaro is investigated on suspicion of embezzlement, criminal organization and money laundering in his office in the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (Alerj).
For the STJ, the senator alleged a violation of fiscal and banking secrecy in the communication made by the Council for the Control of Financial Activities (Coaf) about its atypical movements. The Rio de Janeiro Public Ministry (MP-RJ) contested the senator’s accusations.
According to the investigative body, the appeal was unfounded. “This appeal has no logic or legal reasoning endowed with reasonableness,” part of the document said.
Now, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office and the Rio Prosecutor’s Office must speak to the STJ about the case. After this stage, the defense request must be judged by the Fifth Panel of the STJ, which still has no date.
“Having adequately judged the dispute and no reason to alter the decision has been presented, I reject the request for reconsideration. In tribute to the broad and contradictory defense, open the case file to d. Prosecutor of the State of Rio de Janeiro, to, if you wish, express yourself in this appeal. Then, notices to d. Federal Public Ministry “, Fischer wrote in the decision published this Tuesday (12).
According to prosecutors, no email requests were made to Coaf, ruling out the possibility of informal communication between the parties to obtain information on the case.
“The indictment goes no further than the speculative field, likely influenced by press reports in the press that the so-called ‘Operation Car Wash’ would have informally sought IRS data through contacts with auditors, whether by mail via phone, WhatsApp and Telegram websites, “said the Public Ministry.
- Understanding MP’s suspicions about Flávio Bolsonaro in the ‘cracking’ scheme in Alerj
Attorney Frederick Wassef, who defends the senator, said that “the defense never tried to avoid the investigation of the so-called” crackers “, it only acts against the irregularities practiced in the process (see the video below).
Frederick Wassef, the man behind the defense of Flávio Bolsonaro
According to the MP-RJ, Flávio was Head of a criminal organization that served in his office from 2003 to 2018, when he served four consecutive parliamentary terms.
It is estimated that around R $ 2.3 million were transferred in a “cracked” scheme, in which the employees of the then deputy returned part of the salary they received in Alerj. The money, according to the investigation, was laundered in a chocolate store in Rio, of which the senator is a partner and in real estate.
Understand the suspicion of ‘crack’ in Alerj involving Flávio Bolsonaro when he was a state deputy in Rio de Janeiro and a former assistant Fabrício Queiroz – Photo: Rodrigo Sanches and Juliane Souza / G1
