Aras falls out of favor with Bolsonaro for opening an investigation into Moro's allegations.
Augusto Aras, who arrived at the Attorney General's Office as a star, is falling out of favor with Bolsonaro's supporters. Bolsonaro has criticized the Attorney General for opening an investigation to look into Sérgio Moro's accusations against his former boss.
247 - Brazil's Attorney General, Augusto Aras, has become the new target of Jair Bolsonaro's anger, according to a report on journalist's blog. Beautiful MegaleAras came under fire from Bolsonaro after opening an investigation to look into accusations made by former minister Sergio Moro that the former captain had tried to politically interfere with the Federal Police. Aras, who arrived at the PGR (Attorney General's Office) as a star, is falling out of favor with Bolsonaro's supporters.
The assessment from the Presidential Palace is that the Attorney General should have waited for the situation to "settle" before requesting the opening of an investigation. According to Megale, Bolsonaro's advisors claim that Aras could have waited a few days before taking the initiative to open investigations that could worsen the government's internal crisis. However, the request for an investigation was made just hours after Moro announced his resignation and accused Bolsonaro of attempting to politically interfere with the Federal Police.
According to the report, members of the Attorney General's Office, who considered Aras's nomination to the Supreme Federal Court (STF) a certainty, now say that "the chances have been greatly reduced."