Bolsonaro confirms to the PF meeting with Marcos do Val, but denies plan to record Moraes – 07/12/2023 – Politics

Former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) confirmed in a statement to the Federal Police this Wednesday (12) that he met with Marcos do Val (Podemos-ES), but denied maintaining ties with the senator and having participated in the alleged plan to record Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the STF (Federal Supreme Court).

Bolsonaro arrived around 1:40 pm and entered through the garage at the back of the building, without speaking to the press. According to Fabio Wajngarten, former Secretary of Communication for the Presidency, the testimony lasted approximately 35 minutes.

“Nothing has been handled [na reunião], there was no plan, at that approximately 20-minute meeting, for anyone to record Alexandre de Moraes. Why would I articulate anything with the senator? What was the meeting about? Nothing,” said Bolsonaro after the statement in conversation with journalists.

This was at least the fourth testimony given by Bolsonaro since he left the Planalto Palace.

The coup plot reported by Do Val was detailed in a series of messages attributed to Daniel Silveira. The messages were revealed by Veja magazine. A Sheet obtained a copy of one of them.

According to the senator, this plan would be carried out last December and would consist of recording Moraes without authorization and then preventing the inauguration of today’s President Lula (PT).

In general terms, the proposal presented to Marcos do Val would involve recording a conversation that would compromise Moraes, who is president of the TSE (Superior Electoral Court). Do Val had contact with the Minister of Public Safety.

According to the coup thesis, the revelation of these audios would lead to a perfect storm for them: Moraes would be arrested, Bolsonaro would remain in office and Lula would not take office on January 1st.

Do Val’s speeches were yet another ingredient in the investigations that investigated the former president’s participation in the coup plan that ended in the attacks on the STF, Planalto and Congress buildings on January 8.