PF investigates alleged interference by Torres in the 2nd round of elections

The Federal Police are investigating a trip by former Minister of Justice Anderson Torres to Bahia, on the eve of the second round of the 2022 presidential elections. buying votes.

However, there is suspicion that Torres would have traveled supposedly to pressure the PF to bar voters in the region where then candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) had more votes, reported Agência Brasil. The information was revealed by the G1 website and by the newspaper O Globo. In a note, the ex-minister’s lawyer, Eumar Novacki, said that he took over the ex-minister’s defense a few days ago.

“A few days ago our team took on the defense of former minister Anderson Torres. We are studying the process and preparing a strictly technical defense. The investigation records are extensive and, for this reason, we are not going to rush with comments of any kind or position on any facts, whether they are new or not. Our manifestations will be made in the records”, said the lawyer.

On October 30, the second round of the elections, the then general director of the Federal Highway Police (PRF) Silvinei Vasques commanded several blockades on highways in the Northeast, in order to monitor possible irregularities in vehicles, which made it difficult for voters to arrive at the locations. of voting. The night before, Minister Alexandre de Moraes had prohibited the PRF from carrying out any operation that could affect the transport of voters.

Since January 14, Anderson Torres has been under arrest, investigated for alleged failure to control the acts of vandalism on January 8. He was in charge of Secretary of Public Security of the Federal District, but left the country, bound for the United States, days before the acts.