In an audio released this Friday (24), former Education Minister Milton Ribeiro told his daughter that President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) told him he had a “hunch” that he could be targeted by the Federal Police. Listen to the audio below:
In a call made on June 9, intercepted by the Federal Police as part of the Acesso Pago operation, which investigates suspected corruption in the Ministry of Education (MEC), the former Minister of Education told his daughter that he had spoken with the president – who was traveling in the United States – and that Bolsonaro would have alerted him about a possible search and seizure operation.
Wanted to know if there was interference in the PF or if he alerted the minister about a possible search and seizure warrant, Planalto did not respond. This Friday (24), lawyer Frederick Wassef, who defends the president’s family, said that Bolsonaro “has no contact and has never spoken to the former minister again. [Milton Ribeiro]”.
“President Bolsonaro has no contact with the former Minister of Education, so if it is true, if it turns out that what he is really saying he said, because I don’t know, I don’t have access,” he said.
The defender also denied any interference by the president in the PF. “I want to make the following clear, President Bolsonaro did not interfere, he does not act, he has nothing to do with and is absolutely distant from the former minister and all the others investigated,” he said.
Understand the chronology of the case:
June 6th to 8th: Federal Police submit a request for arrest and search and seizure to the Court against Milton Ribeiro and other accused
June 8th to 12th: Bolsonaro and the presidential entourage (including the Minister of Justice, Anderson Torres) participate in a trip to the US, where they participated in the Summit of the Americas. They leave Brazil on the 8th at 10:30 pm and return on the 12th at 12:10 am
June 9: Milton Ribeiro’s call to his daughter when he says that “today” he talked to President Bolsonaro and was warned about the “hunch” about a search and seizure
June 14: MPF manifests itself against the arrest and in favor of other measures
June 20th: judge’s decision for arrest and search and seizure
June 22: Former minister Milton Ribeiro, pastors Gilmar Santos and Arilton Moura and two other people are arrested by the PF
Source: CNN Brasil
