Felipe Neto taunts Bolsonaro supporters: are you going to keep applauding a bunch of scoundrels?
"The request to suspend the Queiroz investigation came from FLÁVIO BOLSONARO HIMSELF. Guys, do you understand what's happening or are you going to keep applauding this bunch of crooks?", posted Felipe Neto, Brazil's biggest YouTuber, on his social media.
247 - "It just came out on Lauro Jardim's show. The request to suspend the Queiroz investigation came from FLÁVIO BOLSONARO HIMSELF. Dude, do you guys understand what's happening or are you going to keep applauding this bunch of crooks?", questioned Felipe Neto, Brazil's biggest YouTuber, on his social media.
See below for his tweet and the Reuters report on the case:
It just came out in Lauro Jardim's column.
— Felipe Neto (@felipeneto) January 17, 2019
The request to suspend the Queiroz investigation came from FLÁVIO BOLSONARO HIMSELF.
Dude, do you guys understand what's going on, or are you going to keep applauding this bunch of scoundrels? pic.twitter.com/8Pcowv91lW
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The investigation into unusual financial transactions by a former aide to Senator-elect Flávio Bolsonaro (PSL-RJ) has been suspended due to a precautionary decision by the Supreme Federal Court (STF), the Rio de Janeiro Public Prosecutor's Office reported this Thursday.
State Representative and Senator-elect Flavio Bolsonaro (PSL-RJ) 10/23/2018 REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
The investigation surrounding Fabrício Queiroz is suspended, according to the Rio de Janeiro Public Prosecutor's Office, until a ruling is issued by the rapporteur of the complaint that led to the suspension.
The request to suspend the proceedings was filed by the lawyer of Flávio Bolsonaro, state deputy, senator-elect and son of President Jair Bolsonaro, with the Supreme Court on Wednesday. It was assigned to Justice Luiz Fux, who is currently serving as interim president of the Supreme Court. It was Fux who granted the injunction, the content of which is under seal, also on Wednesday.
Since it is under judicial secrecy, it is not possible to know the extent of Fux's decision. The statement from the Rio de Janeiro Public Prosecutor's Office only says that the injunction granted by the acting president of the Supreme Court is valid until the original rapporteur of the complaint, Minister Marco Aurélio Mello, rules on the request from Flávio Bolsonaro's defense.
In practice, the investigation will be suspended at least until the beginning of February, when the Judiciary returns from its judicial recess and Marco Aurélio will resume reporting on the case. In February, Flávio will assume his mandate as senator.
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Fabrício Queiroz, a former military police officer and former parliamentary aide to Flávio Bolsonaro, came under investigation after the Council for the Control of Financial Activities (Coaf) detected atypical bank transactions.
Queiroz was invited twice to provide clarifications to the Public Prosecutor's Office of Rio de Janeiro, but he did not appear, citing health problems. His family was also summoned to clarify the atypical movement of more than 1,2 million reais between 2017 and 2018, but they did not appear on the scheduled date.
According to the Attorney General of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Gussem, the absence of the former advisor in the depositions did not hinder the investigations, since the available material was quite substantial.
Flávio Bolsonaro also failed to appear for a deposition, but promised to schedule a new date. Because he has parliamentary immunity, he could arrange a date with the prosecutors to appear and provide his explanations. The congressman used his social media account to justify his absence, arguing that he did not have access to the case file.
In December, Queiroz stated in an interview with SBT that his activities included reselling cars. He said he earned around 10 reais per month when he was an advisor to Flávio Bolsonaro and that his monthly income was around 24 reais, including his salary as a police officer.
According to the COAF report, among Queiroz's suspicious transactions totaling 1,2 million reais were deposits to the current First Lady, Michelle Bolsonaro.
The president has already justified the deposits by stating that they were payments on a loan he had made to Queiroz, and said that if he erred in not registering the transaction in his income tax return, he will correct the mistake.