His dismissal had triggered a political quake: the former head of the Brazilian federal police, Mauricio Valeixo, has been accused of political interference with the police by the president Jair Bolsonaro affirmed. Bolsonaro wanted someone close to him at the post, Valeixo said at a federal police hearing, according to Brazilian media reports. This investigates the affair at the instruction of the Supreme Court.
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Former Justice Minister Sérgio Moro had made the allegations against Bolsonaro when he was at the end of April announced his resignation. The president interfered in judicial matters by firing Valeixo, a close confidante of Moro.
The Supreme Court did not allow Bolsonaro to succeed
Bolsonaro then nominated Alexandre Ramagem, a friend of his family, as his successor. The police were reported to have charged two politically active sons of the right-wing president. Ramagem was security chief Bolsonaros during the election campaign and made friends with the Bolsonaro clan, especially with one of the two sons. After a Supreme Court judge banned Ramagem’s nomination, Bolsonaro withdrew it.
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After the controversy, he instead appointed Rolando de Souza as the new chief of police, who is close to his original candidate. In one of his first acts, de Souza replaced the director of the federal police in Rio de Janeiro, where the Bolsonaro family lives.
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In addition to Valeixo, almost a dozen other people are expected to be heard this week. The content of the video is eagerly awaited from a meeting where, according to Moro, Bolsonaro is said to have requested personnel changes and access to secret reports.
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