Anderson Torres is silent during interrogation to the Federal Police

Former Minister of Justice Anderson Torres chose not to answer the questions asked during his interrogation, carried out by the Federal Police, this Wednesday (18), reported GloboNews. The procedure took place at the 4th Military Police Battalion (BPM), on the outskirts of Brasília, where he has been arrested since Saturday (14), by order of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), in the context of investigations into the invasions of the headquarters of the three Powers.

Anderson Torres is being investigated on suspicion that he intentionally failed to provide the necessary protection to prevent acts of vandalism in Congress, the Planalto Palace and the Federal Supreme Court (STF) on the 8th. assumed command of the Secretariat of Public Security of the Federal District, but took a vacation and traveled to the United States on the eve of the acts. For Moraes, there was “intentional omission”.

While abroad, during a search and seizure at Torres’ house, in Brasília, the PF found a draft of a decree, prepared to be signed by former president Jair Bolsonaro, which determined a State of Defense at the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) for restoration of fairness in the elections – the researchers consider that it would be an attempt to intervene in the Electoral Justice to annul the result of the presidential election, in order to reverse Bolsonaro’s defeat.

Since the act of vandalism to the headquarters of the Powers, Torres has publicly defended himself through posts on Twitter. On the 9th, in a note, he stated that, on vacation with his family, he was “surprised by the regrettable scenes that took place at the Esplanada dos Ministérios”. “I deeply regret that absurd hypotheses are raised of any kind of collusion on my part with the barbarities we are witnessing,” he said.

On the 12th, after the unveiling of the draft decree on the State of Defense, Torres stated that the paper was in a pile of documents kept at his home for disposal. Everything would be taken to be shredded in due course at the MJSP. The aforementioned document was picked up when I was not there and leaked out of context, helping to fuel fallacious narratives against me,” he posted.