Bolsonaro Wanted Federal Police Director Close to Him, Says Former Chief Valeixo

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Detective Maurício Valeixo, former chief of the Federal Police, said during his deposition given on Monday morning at the headquarters of the force in Curitiba that President Jair Bolsonaro told him he had nothing ‘against him’, but that he wanted a Director-General with whom he had a greater ‘affinity’.

The deposition of former Minister Sérgio Moro’s right-hand man at the inquiry into the President’s alleged interference in the Federal Police, began at 10:10 AM.

Valeixo’s deposition was scheduled for Monday morning, after a ruling by Federal Supreme Court Justice Celso de Mello, the rapporteur of the investigation into Moro’s accusations of Bolsonaro when he announced he was leaving the government. The Justice granted the petition by Prosecutor General Augusto Aras, seeking depositions of four other chief detectives, three Ministers and federal Deputy Carla Zambelli.

The depositions of detective Ricardo Saadi, former head of the Federal Police in Rio, and the director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, Alexandre Ramagem Rodrigues, were also scheduled for Monday, at 3 PM, at the force’s headquarters in Brasília.

Source: Estadão Conteúdo

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