Bolsonaro’s former aide was arrested 4 months after the PF said he had fled the country
PL deputies and senators plan to travel to the United States Congress in November to ask for an investigation into the case of the former aide to Jair Bolsonaro (PL) Filipe Martins, arrested for 4 months after allegedly fleeing to the US in December 2022, according to the PF (Federal Police).
The date should be set on Monday (September 23, 2024). PL congressmen want to take the cases involving STF (Supreme Federal Court) minister Alexandre de Moraes. They should endorse the request of US Republican deputies who want to block the issuance of a visa for the magistrate.
Filipe was arrested on February 8th in the operation Tempus Veritatiswhich is investigating an alleged coup attempt against the Bolsonaro government. The former advisor was released on August 9 by order of Moraes.
In Brazil, the request for Moraes’ impeachment, signed by 152 deputies, already has the support of 36 senators. The Senate only needs 5 votes to form a simple majority (41) and open the impeachment process.
PRISON AND WEAK EVIDENCE
The arrest of Bolsonaro’s former advisor was authorized under the PF’s argument, accepted by STF (Supreme Federal Court) minister Alexandre de Moraes, that Martins was a fugitive and there was a risk of him fleeing the country.
The “risk of flight” would have been based on the alleged trip to Florida on December 30, 2022, but this information was never proven by authorities in Brazil or the United States.
The PF report citing possible evasion from the country “to avoid possible criminal liability” is in Moraes’ decision. Read below what is in the document, which raises doubts about the PF’s own statement (excerpts in bold marked by the Poder360):
“FILIPE MARTINS’ name also appears on the list of passengers who traveled aboard the presidential plane on 12/30/2022 to Orlando/USA. However, There were no records of the former advisor leaving immigration controlwhich may indicate that he has fled the country to avoid possible criminal liability. Considering that the location of the suspect is currently uncertainit is necessary to order pre-trial detention as a way of guaranteeing the application of criminal law and preventing the person under investigation from deliberately acting to destroy evidence capable of clarifying the circumstances of the facts under investigation.”
The information that Filipe Martins had embarked for the USA, as noted, had not been confirmed – but the arrest had been requested anyway.
On “the location of the person under investigation” to be “uncertain”the PF disregarded photos of Bolsonaro’s former advisor published on an open profile on the internet.
Furthermore, when Martins was arrested, the PF knew where to look for him: at his girlfriend’s apartment in Ponta Grossa (PR), 117 km from Curitiba – therefore, his whereabouts were known.
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