The Office of the Public Prosecutor (PGR) has manifested itself in the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to maintain the protective custody of former Minister of Justice and former Minister of Public Security for the Federal District, Anderson Torres.
In the request, PGR stated that Torres was aware of the dangers of the coup actions that took place on January 8, in Brasília.
Earlier this month, the former minister’s defense asked the STF to revoke the pre-trial detention that Minister Alexandre de Moraes had ordered against him.
Moraes issued a warrant of arrest due to evidence of negligence in acts of sabotage against the three nations. Torres was Minister of Public Security for the Federal District at the time, but was in the United States when the Congressional Buildings, the Supreme Court, and the Planalto Palace were vandalized.
On leaving the country, although he was aware that the business would take place on January 8, Anderson Gustavo Torres apparently deliberately left the command and coordination of the structures that he organically oversees the portfolio he handles, a factor that seems to outweigh the tragic unfolding of the facts under discussion. Complete a PGR report.
The Attorney General’s office also noted that Torres’ behavior was “noticeable” and showed “utter disorganization”.
According to the Attorney General’s office, the former minister was “absent from the responsibility that he had, to monitor compliance and put it into practice, when he left the country.”
In a statement to the police, he said that he was not responsible for the operational planning of actions to control the demonstration and also claimed that he had lost his cell phone in the United States, where he was on vacation.
coup project
This measure is unconstitutional and, according to jurists, would constitute a coup d’état with the aim of nullifying Lula’s legitimate victory over Bolsonaro at the ballot box.
However, the prosecutor’s office stated that “contrary to what the person under investigation has already tried to justify, it is not a document that will be discarded, on the contrary, it is well kept on file to the federal government and with it other items of particular privacy, such as Family photos and the religious photo.
The prosecutor also argued that the confiscation of the document was only possible because the former minister was outside the country:
“Had the person under investigation on national soil enjoyed freedom, this and other evidence might have been hidden or destroyed, as happened with his cell phone, which was left in the United States of America to prevent data extraction and analysis of the evidence, which indicates a lack of cooperation to clarify the facts.” .
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