During the weekly live this Thursday (31), President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) classified the former Minister of Justice of his government, Sergio Moro (União) as a “traíra” and a “liar”.
Bolsonaro made the statement after reading an article by CNN in which it was reported that the Federal Police (PF) concluded that the president did not commit a crime in the change of command of the corporation in 2020.
The episode culminated in the dismissal of Moro, who was the Minister of Justice and Public Security at the time, and led to the opening of an investigation at the STF to investigate alleged interference by the president in the corporation. At the time, the PF also cleared the former minister of any charges in the case.
“Sergio Moro, in addition to being a traitor, is a liar, right?”, Bolsonaro said during the broadcast.
The 99-page PF report states that investigators have not found “any consistent evidence” that indicates any crime has been committed.
The case involves the resignation of Maurício Valeixo from the directorate-general of the Federal Police, in 2020. At the time, the then minister Sergio Moro was frontally against Valeixo’s exoneration, a fact that led the former Lava Jato judge to resign from the government. Bolsonaro.
On the day he submitted his resignation request, Moro accused the President of the Republic of having tried to interfere politically in the PF to benefit political allies and family members.
Although he cited the former judge in the broadcast, Bolsonaro did not comment on Moro’s decision to give up his candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic “at this moment”. The announcement was made shortly after the former minister signed the membership form for the União Brasil party.
*With information from Gabriel Hirabahasi of CNN
Source: CNN Brasil
