Aras cannot avoid denouncing Bolsonaro.

By Alex Solnik, for the Journalists for Democracy

No one knows, for now, the full content of the video of the ministerial meeting of April 22nd, except for the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Moro and his lawyers, and the representative from the presidential palace, who watched it today. However, based on what has already transpired, we can conclude that the issues were not addressed in a republican manner and that insults, profanity, and rudeness were uttered, including by the President of the Republic and even against the STF, as well as the threats that Moro claims to have received if he did not change the heads of the Federal Police in Brazil and Rio de Janeiro.

If only 50% of what is being said about what happened at the meeting is true, it's safe to say that Attorney General Augusto Aras will have no choice but to file charges against Bolsonaro, regardless of the statements made by others involved in the investigation, such as the three generals from the Presidential Palace who are testifying today, obviously not about this ministerial meeting, which is evidence in itself, but about the private meeting they had with Moro afterwards.

It is also clear that the video is powerful incriminating evidence against Bolsonaro, in which Moro appears as the victim, regardless of whether the full video becomes public or not, which, judging by the repercussions, would cause a major scandal, much bigger than the descriptions available so far, formulated by participants in the meeting, especially since Bolsonaro has already presented his version to reporters a short while ago.

According to him, the protection of his children that he mentions in the video is a concern for personal safety, but that's just empty talk, because he himself said immediately afterwards that those who take care of their security are not the Federal Police but the Institutional Security Office, headed by General Augusto Heleno.

Since the meeting lasted four hours, it's impossible for anyone to remember everything that was said; what we have are fragments, pieces of a puzzle that can no longer be destroyed, as Bolsonaro insinuated it would be or should have been, if it were up to him.