The Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Alexandre de Moraes determined an investigation into the leakage of confidential information from an investigation into financial transactions considered suspicious, which would have been carried out in the president’s office. Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
Moraes decided to open a confidential administrative procedure. read the intact of the decision (134 KB).
Among the measures determined by Moraes, is the sending of an official letter to the PF delegate Fábio Alvarez Shor, responsible for investigating financial transactions, so that he can provide information about the leak.
“Notably with regard to access, in the police sphere, to the decisions rendered in the records of said Pet and the reports produced in the records, as well as providing the names of all federal police officers who are aware of the matters investigated in the aforementioned Pet”wrote Moraes.
The minister also ordered the sending of information on the communication of investigation decisions to the PGR (Procuradoria Geral da República), “including the date on which the decisions were made and any appeals filed (specifying the contested decisions and the dates of the respective filings)”.
The assistant judge of Moraes, Airton Vieira, will lead the investigation.
In an article published on Monday (September 26), the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo showed that the PF identified messages that aroused the suspicion of investigators on the phone of Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cesar Barbosa Cid, Bolsonaro’s assistant.
The PF analyzed financial transactions aimed at paying personal bills for the chief executive’s family and people close to the first lady, Michelle Bolsonaro, including an unidentified aunt.
The material on Cid’s phone, including messages, photos and audios exchanged with other employees of the Presidency, would indicate the carrying out of cash withdrawals. At the request of the PF, Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), authorized the breach of bank secrecy for Cid.
Transactions considered suspicious in Bolsonaro’s office are being analyzed in a police investigation. So far, there is no accusation or confirmation of the suspicions raised by the PF. O Power 360 found that the aide-de-camp had not been informed about the breach of confidentiality.
In live on his YouTube channel on Tuesday (September 27), Bolsonaro said that the transactions in question are related to personal accounts, such as his daughter Laura’s old school tuition. He also asked Moraes to forget about the first lady and accused the minister of having passed the information to the press. “It was Alexandre de Moraes who leaked, not the PF, no.”
The president also said that the Federal Police team “eats” in the hand of Moraes and that the magistrate had supposedly passed the information to the press to embarrass him.
The PF’s suspicions arose from the investigation into the leak of an inquiry into a hacker attack on the TSE (Superior Electoral Court). The case is pending in the Supreme Court.
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The Presidency of the Republic stated that the financial transactions made in Bolsonaro’s office, which are under analysis by the Federal Police, were carried out from the personal account of the Chief Executive. Planalto denied that the looting considered suspicious originated in public money.
“Payments of private accounts are made with exclusive resources from the President’s personal account”, he told the report. “The President of the Republic has never withdrawn a single penny from his personal corporate card.”
Since January 2019, Bolsonaro’s personal corporate card is “zeroed”, according to the Plateau.
According to the Presidency, withdrawals and deposits are part of the functions of the Ajudância de Ordem. The Ajudância de Ordem is part of the composition of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic. Article 8 of decree 10,374 of 2020which deals with the functions of the special advisory and office of the Presidency, determines that:
“The Assistance of Orders is responsible for:
“I – provide direct and immediate assistance services to the President of the Republic in matters of a personal nature, on a permanent and uninterrupted basis, in Brasília or on a trip;
“II – receive correspondence and objects delivered to the President of the Republic in ceremonies and trips and forward them to the competent sectors; and
“III – carry out other activities determined by the Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic.”
One of the transactions questioned involves an aunt of Michelle Bolsonaro, who would have received fractional payments for acting as a nanny for the president’s youngest daughter. According to the Planalto, the “financial support from the first lady to her aunt is given for reasons of personal trust and security, since she always took care of her daughter Laura during the first lady’s absences”.
According to the Sheet, the breach of secrecy was carried out within the case that investigated an alleged leak of a secret investigation by the PF about a hacker attack on the TSE (Superior Electoral Court). Cid came under investigation for having helped Bolsonaro on the day the president released the case involving the TSE and the hacker attack.
In May 2022, Minister Alexandre de Moraes joined the investigation of the president’s statements about the electoral process with the investigation that investigates the alleged action of a digital militia against democracy.
Here is the full text of the presidency’s note released on September 27, 2022, at 10:39 am:
“The Special Secretariat for Social Communication informs that the Presidential Orders Assistance provides direct and immediate assistance services to the President of the Republic also in matters of a personal nature, on a permanent and uninterrupted basis, in Brasilia or on a trip.
“The performance of notably private activities to serve the President of the Republic, such as, for example, the payment of bills and bank slips is supported by art. 8 of Annex I, of Decree 10,374, of 2020. There is no ‘triangulation’ with other Assistants of Orders, but the messages exchanged between the members of the Assistant of Orders refer to the missions distributed among them to meet the demands inherent to the position.
“Payments of private accounts are made with exclusive resources from the President’s personal account. The First Lady’s financial assistance to her aunt is given for reasons of personal trust and security, considering that, in the First Lady’s absence, she is the one who takes care of the couple’s daughter.
“None of the resources mentioned by the Folha de São Paulo reporter originates from the supply of funds. The President of the Republic has never withdrawn a single penny from his personal corporate card”.
WHO IS CID
One of Bolsonaro’s closest assistants, Cid is the head of the Ajudância de Ordem and accompanies the president in his daily activities, including when he travels. He also participates in the live broadcasts made by Bolsonaro. By directly assisting the Chief Executive in livesthe lieutenant colonel is mentioned in 2 cases in which Bolsonaro’s statements are questioned by the PF.
In addition to having participated in live in which Bolsonaro leaked an alleged secret investigation into the attack on the TSE, the aide-de-camp was also present when Bolsonaro declared that studies “suggest” that people vaccinated against covid-19 “are developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome”.
In a report sent to Moraes on August 17, the PF said there were indications that Bolsonaro committed a crime during the broadcast in which he linked the vaccine to AIDS.
In 2020, Cid was also heard by the PF because of exchanges of messages with blogger Allan dos Santos. The conversations were identified by the PF on Allan’s cell phone, which is the subject of 2 inquiries in the STF: one investigates the dissemination of false news against the Supreme Court; the other, the organization of digital militias created to attack democratic institutions.
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