Bolsonaro is targeted by Fox News with questions about militias and Marielle.
In an interview with Fox News, Jair Bolsonaro was bombarded with questions about his connection to militias and the murder of Marielle Franco; dubbed the "Trump of the tropics," he countered the accusations, not without a Freudian slip; he asked the reporter "what would be your motivation for ordering the murder of the councilwoman," implying that if he had a motive, he could have ordered the killing – or that 'ordering a killing' depends solely and exclusively on motivation.
247 - In an interview with Fox News, Jair Bolsonaro was bombarded with questions about his connection to militias and the murder of Marielle Franco. Announced as the "Trump of the tropics," he refuted the accusations, not without letting slip a Freudian slip. He questioned the reporter about "what her motivation would be to order the murder of the councilwoman," establishing a presupposition that if she had a motive, she could have ordered the murder—or that 'ordering a murder' is something that depends solely and exclusively on motivation.
Bolsonaro's stance on executions and extermination policies is well-known. He has repeatedly and openly defended the mass elimination of landless peasants, members of the Workers' Party, and leftists, without causing a shred of horror in the traditional Brazilian press.
Speaking to Fox News, Bolsonaro said: "s"Or a captain in the Brazilian Army and some of the officers in the Rio de Janeiro police force are great friends of mine. Coincidentally, one of those suspected of killing Marielle wasn't actually my neighbor, but lived on the other side of another street [in the condominium]. But the media always criticized me and established a connection."
According to a report by the UOL portal"He denied knowing the suspect in question, retired Military Police Sergeant Ronnie Lessa, and said he did not have time to maintain a social life with residents of the condominium. Lessa was arrested last Tuesday (12) along with former military police officer Élcio Vieira de Queiroz for allegedly participating in the murders of Marielle and her driver, Anderson Gomes, on March 14 last year."
Bolsonaro's words: "s"I only found out he lived there after seeing the news."
Furthermore, according to the report, "the The president reiterated that he only met Marielle after her death and questioned what the possible motivation might be for ordering the politician's assassination. He then recalled the knife attack he suffered during the election campaign in the Minas Gerais city of Juiz de Fora and complained that the media "never mentioned that the left tried to kill Jair Bolsonaro."