Bolsonaro remained silent during the coup investigation. ABC reported on the 23rd that Brazil's former ** Bolsonaro and some of his former senior aides arrived at the headquarters of the Federal Police in the capital Brasilia on the 22nd local time to accept an investigation into their accusations of "plotting a coup d'état to overthrow the incumbent **Lula", and Bolsonaro chose to remain silent.
The ABC quoted a federal ** as saying that in addition to Bolsonaro, about 20 people were summoned. Among them are Bolsonaro's 2022 running mate, General Walter Braga Neto, former adviser General Augusto Heleno, former Minister of Justice and Public Security Anderson Torres, and Bolsonaro's Liberal Party chairman Waldemar Costa Neto, among several other important figures. According to the Brazilian portal UOL 23, most of them did the same and remained silent as Bolsonaro did.
Bolsonaro's lawyer, Paulo Bueno, said silence was not a simple exercise of power using the constitution, but a tactic based on the fact that the other side did not have access to all the evidence. ABC mentioned that Bolsonaro said before going to the headquarters of the Federal Police that he might refuse to make any statements to ** on the grounds that ** did not have relevant evidence.
Earlier this month, Brazil's Federal Police opened an investigation into alleged coup d'état, including Bolsonaro, according to the ABC. **The investigation was launched after Bolsonaro's aide, Mauro Side, signed a plea agreement with prosecutors. The alleged crimes of the people under investigation also include organizing crimes, attempting to violently abolish democracy and the rule of law, etc. As part of the investigation, Bolsonaro's passport was seized. The Federal Supreme Court also issued 48 preventive measures, including requiring the person under investigation to suspend the performance of public duties, and prohibiting the person under investigation from communicating with each other and leaving the country.
In January 2023, a large number of Bolsonaro supporters refused to accept the result, forcibly broke into Brazil's state power institutions, and clashed with the military and police. On June 30, 2023, Brazil's Superior Electoral Court voted to rule that Bolsonaro abused his political power while in office, barring him from running as a candidate in Brazil's federal, state, and municipal elections until 2030. (Liu Bo).