Bolsonaro’s defense denies former president’s participation in alleged coup attempt

In a note released late Friday afternoon (16), the defense of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) stated that “the new dialogues revealed by Veja magazine prove, once again, that President Bolsonaro has never participated in any talk about an alleged coup d’état”.

The text refers to messages obtained by the Federal Police that would have been exchanged between Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, Bolsonaro’s former assistant, and Colonel Jean Lawand Junior and that would suggest an alleged attempt at a coup d’état with the use of Armed forces. The content of the conversation was disclosed by Veja magazine on Thursday (15).

“We also recorded that the aide-de-camp, due to the function performed, received all demands – scheduling requests, messages etc – that should reach the President of the Republic. His cell phone, therefore, on several occasions became a simple mailbox that registered the most diverse lamentations”, says the note, signed by lawyers Paulo Amador da Cunha Bueno, Daniel Bettamio Tesser and Fábio Wajngarten, who represent the former president. .