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The more they persecute Bolsonaro, the stronger he gets".
Bolsonarista congressman Sóstenes Cavalcante declared
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These are very grave crimes [and] very serious accusations”.
Mr Lula’s communications minister, Paulo Pimenta, expressed shock at the gravity of the accusations, statingBolsonaro is no longer the sole leader of the right-wing. He is coming out of mayoral elections in which most of his candidates lost. All these probes don't help him at all,
said Carlos Melo, a political science professor at the Insper university in Sao Paulo
The idea of due legal course is a struggling one in the political arena these days. This could give those targeted a chance to portray themselves as being persecuted,
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Minister Alexandre de Moraes leads the entire investigation, adjusts statements, arrests without reporting, fishes for evidence and has a very creative advisory team. He does everything that the law does not say
Bolsonaro said
We have to see what is in this indictment by the Federal Police. I will wait for the lawyer. This, obviously, will go to the Attorney General's Office. It is at the PGR (Prosecutor General of the Republic) that the fight begins. I cannot expect anything from a team that uses creativity to denounce me,
he wrote, quoting his interview to local news website MetropolesThe final report has been sent to the Supreme Court with the request that 37 individuals be indicted for the crimes of the violent overthrow of the democratic state, coup d'etat and criminal organization,
the federal police said in a statementBolsonaro is already barred from running in the 2026 elections,
Melo told the The Associated Press
And if he is convicted he could also be jailed by then. To avoid being behind bars, he will have to convince Supreme Court justices that he has nothing to do with a plot that involves dozens of his aides. That's a very tall order,
Melo said