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Brazilian Presidency Admits Moro Has Not Signed Ex-Police Director’s Exoneration

On April 24, ex-Minister of Justice Sergio Moro asked for his resignation, accusing Bolsonaro of being “political interference in the Federal Police”, following the resignation of the former head of that institution Maurício Valeixo.

According to Moro, Jair Bolsonaro wanted to interfere with the Federal Police because he was concerned about ongoing investigations, which could involve his children or political allies.

“The President told me, more than once, expressly, that he wanted to have a person of his personal contact [para quem] he could call, [de quem] he could gather information, [com quem] he could collect intelligence reports, be the director [da Polícia Federal], be a superintendent ”, declared Sergio Moro, when he resigned from the executive.

After Moro’s accusations, the Supreme Court ordered the opening of an investigation to investigate Bolsonaro’s alleged illegal interference with the Federal Police.

When Moro left the government, Bolsonaro said that it was Maurício Valeixo himself who resigned as director of the Federal Police, alleging “tiredness”.

However, in his testimony given to Justice, Valeixo stated that he never formalized a request for dismissal from his position, contrary to what was described in his dismissal decree signed by the President.

The former police director reported that he had received a call from the head of state on the eve of his dismissal, warning him that it would appear in the documents that the dismissal occurred “at his request”.

Via telephone conversation, Bolsonaro allegedly questioned the delegate “if he agreed that his dismissal should be published as ‘on request'”, Valeixo agreed.

On this issue, the General Secretariat of the Presidency confirmed Valeixo’s version, that the head of state “dealt verbally” with the former director on the use of “the expression ‘on request'”.

After the Presidency’s statement, Sergio Moro’s defense issued a statement, asking for the investigation of “abnormal circumstances” involving the decree that exonerated Valeixo.

“The former minister was not previously consulted on the dismissal, which he did not even agree with. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the abnormal circumstances involved in the official publication, ”said Moro’s defense.

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