STJ Denies Flávio Bolsonaro’s Request to Suspend Investigations in Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Flávio Bolsonaro‘s defense attorney, Frederick Wassef, suffered his first bitter defeat in the investigations of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Rio de Janeiro.
Wassef appealed to the Superior Federal Court (STJ) to promptly suspend the investigation into corruption in the Rio de Janeiro Legislative Assembly.
The request for an injunction was denied by Judge Felix Fischer, the same judge in charge of appeals by former president Lula and other defendants of Lava Jato.
In his order, Fischer emphasized excerpts from the decision by the Rio de Janeiro federal court judge, according to which the investigation was construed as “lawful, stressing that the banking transactions were evidence of alleged money laundering.”
The judge noted, however, that “in honor of the principle of full defense,” the case will be analyzed on its merits to “determine any illegal constraint likely to be solved ex officio.”
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