"They can close the investigations. There is already evidence against Bolsonaro," says Lênio Streck.
A legal expert commented on the release of testimonies in the investigation into the attempted coup.
247 - After the Supreme Federal Court decided to lift the secrecy surrounding the testimonies of those investigated for the attempted coup d'état, the jurist Lênio Streck stated that there is no doubt about Jair Bolsonaro's involvement in the coup plot.
According to Streck, the investigations can now be closed, having clearly reached Bolsonaro. This Friday (15), he cited excerpts from the testimony of Lieutenant-Brigadier Carlos de Almeida Baptista Junior, former Air Force commander, which implicated Bolsonaro. Learn more: Bolsonaro asked former Attorney General to take action against the election results, says former Air Force commander.
"They can close the investigations! There is enough evidence to prosecute Bolsonaro (and not only him) for attempted coup," wrote the jurist.
He cited a passage from Baptista Junior's testimony in which the former commander says that the coup d'état planned by Jair Bolsonaro's inner circle to keep him in the Presidency despite Lula's undeniable victory could have been carried out if General Marco Antônio Freire Gomes, then commander of the Army, had joined the plan.