Moraes allows senators to visit Torres, but blocks Flávio Bolsonaro and Marcos do Val – 05/05/2023 – Politics

Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the STF (Federal Supreme Court), authorized 38 senators to visit the former Security Secretary of the Federal District Anderson Torres, but barred the trip of Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) and Marcos do Val (Podemos-RJ). ES) because the “conducts” of the two parliamentarians are the subject of investigation in inquiries that are being processed by the court.

“I reject, in turn, the visit of senators Marcos do Val and Flávio Bolsonaro, in view of the connection of the facts established in the present Inquiry with investigations in which both are part”, said Moraes.

Former Minister of Justice in the Jair Bolsonaro government, Torres is the subject of investigation for alleged omission in the face of threats of coup attacks in January. At the time, he was Secretary of Security for the Federal District. The former minister has been in prison for three months as per Moraes’ determination.

The defense unsuccessfully attempted freedom for Torres. At the end of last month, in the decision in which he maintained the former minister’s arrest, Moraes said that the evidence against Torres had not changed and there were no legal reasons for its revocation or replacement by various precautionary measures.

He also pointed out alleged omissive conduct by Torres in the permanence of the protesters’ camp in the SMU (Urban Military Sector) and the risk generated by him in the coup acts of January 8.

Moraes added that there were testimonies of witnesses and seizure of documents that pointed to strong evidence of his participation in the preparation of an alleged ‘coup draft’ and in a ‘coup operation’ by the Federal Highway Police to try to subvert the legitimate popular participation in the second round of elections. presidential elections of 2022″.

The coup draft mentioned by Moraes is a proposal for a decree for then President Bolsonaro to establish a state of defense at the headquarters of the TSE (Superior Electoral Court). The objective was to reverse the result of the election in which Lula won. Such a measure would be unconstitutional. The seizure of the document by the PF at Torres’ house was revealed by Sheet.