Mauro CID, former aide to Jair Bolsonaro – Camp, I insisted To the Brazilian Federal Police through a plea bargain statement sealed Wednesday, when Bolsonaro allegedly received $86,000 in cash for the sale of Saudi gems he received as a gift while he was the president of Brazil.
That's what CID's plea bargain was like. It's not sealed Judge Alexandre des Moreise on Wednesday, Supreme Federal Court (STF).
The gem that CID claimed Bolsonaro “ordered” him to sell was received by a conservative former president as a gift from the Saudi government in 2021; In progress Cases of Bolsonaro.
Brazilian federal police indicted Bolsonaro, CID and others in July on charges of embezzlement, crime associations and money laundering. Police accused Bolsonaro of misusing a set of talented gems from the Saudi Arabian government. Police said Bolsonaro did not declare a gem that, according to Brazilian law, reportedly valued at $3.2 million as state assets for subsequent editing to the state's collection.
Local Brazilian media reported on Wednesday that CID claimed in a statement on an unsealed plea agreement that Bolsonaro had ordered some of Saudi Arabian jewelry to be sold in 2022. . Additionally, CID claimed it sold some of its Miami jewelry for $18,000. Both sales are said to have reached $86,000.
According to the CID, all sales were conducted in cash to avoid any kind of banking trajectory. cid It is reportedly It detailed that between 2022 and 2023, a portion of $86,000 was given to Bolsonaro in several installments. CID further claimed that it discounted flight and car rental costs from the final amount that Bolsonaro said to have received.
That's what Rolex watches and jewels were like. It is reportedly CID himself was chosen to sell after it was said that Bolsonaro asked him to identify which objects were more likely to sell. Cid claimed that Bolsonaro gave him a Patek Phillipe Watch in his statement of plea.
cid It is reportedly In early 2022, Bolsonaro claimed he was “grudging” about paying for the lawsuit. Now archived A lawsuit filed against Bolsonaro by Brazilian left-wing politician Maria do Rosario accused the former president of humiliating her in 2014.
The former Aide-De-Camp also claimed that Bolsonaro was complaining about other costs, such as traffic fines for not wearing helmets on his motorcycle. CID reportedly suggested that the sale of the item was intended to offset the above expenses.
CID is said to have justified his actions by claiming he received guidance from the Brazilian Deputy Bureau of Historical Documents.
De Moraes Discussed On Wednesday, in light of Brazil's prosecutors' Paulo Gonette, its confidentiality regarding the CID's plea deal was no longer needed. Submit In another case that stemmed from accusations that Bolsonaro allegedly led a “criminal organisation,” Tuesday's criminal charges against Bolsonaro said they poisoned radical leftist Louis Inacio Lula da Silva. It is being done. That's what the CID was It is reportedly He was listed as a “whistleblower” in the coup incident when Brazilian federal police indicted Bolsonaro.
Thursday, des moraes It is reportedly We sealed off video and audio recordings of CID's plea bargaining process.
Saudi Arabia's jewelry probes were originally started March 2023Two months after Bolsonaro's presidential term ended. According to the initial procedures of the investigation, the Saudi gem was brought to Brazil in October 2021 by former Minister of Energy and Mines Bento Albuquerque, following an official trip to Riyadh.
Brazilian customs authorities reportedly seized some gems after Albuquerque failed to pay the required import tax costs. Bolsonaro denied cheating on an an Interview When the probe was first launched, it was given to CNN's Brazilian branch in 2023.
The former Brazilian president has not publicly commented on the contents of Mauro CID's unsealed plea bargain statement during the press. Bolsonaro made his first public release Thursday This is the first time since prosecutors filed criminal charges against him this week. Bolsonaro downplayed the coup accusation as a “Disney coup” and claimed he had a “clear conscience.”
“I'm not obsessed with power. I have a passion for Brazil. Unlike a few here in Brasilia, I'm in charge at the moment, so I have a clear conscience. What's the story except for the story. No. They've all fallen apart. They're now investing heavily in this latest coup,” Bolsonaro said at an event hosted by his Liberal Party (PL).
Christian K. Calzo is a Venezuelan writer and documents life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
