Moraes gives PF 10 days to hear Flávio in case of slander against Lula

Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), ordered the Federal Police (PF) this Tuesday (7) to collect the testimony of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), in the case in which he is being investigated for slander against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

According to the decision, the senator has ten days to give his testimony. The minister followed the opinion of the Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet, who considered the procedure of “special relevance” to clarify the case.

Last month, the PF stated, in a report sent to the Supreme Court, that there was “concrete evidence” that Flávio committed slander against Lula as a result of posts made on the social network X on January 3.

In the publications, the senator attributed crimes such as drug trafficking, support for terrorists, electoral fraud and money laundering to the president. One of the posts, for example, makes an association between Lula and Nicolás Maduro, former dictator of Venezuela.

Rapporteur of the case, Moraes authorized, in April, the opening of an investigation to investigate the false accusation of a crime against Lula by Flávio.

“I ACKNOWLEDGE the statement from the Attorney General's Office and ORDER THE RETURN OF THE FILES to the Federal Police so that they can hear the person being investigated, within a maximum period of 10 (ten) days”, wrote Moraes in this Tuesday's decision.

Asked to speak out, Gonet told the Supreme Court that he would only decide whether or not to file a complaint against Flávio after the senator's testimony.

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