He is also being investigated for spreading misinformation about the electronic ballot box electoral system.
The other two investigations are for having leaked confidential information from a police investigation into a cyber attack on the electoral court and for statements about the covid-19 pandemic, when he associated the vaccine with an alleged risk of contracting HIV.
Upon leaving the presidency and losing his privileged jurisdiction, a dozen investigation requests received by the STF also began to be referred at first instance.
Among them, he is singled out for “subversion of order” for his participation in acts with anti-democratic slogans on September 7, 2021, when he attacked Supreme Court judges and said that he would only leave the presidency “in prison, dead or with a victory.” .
In the “very unlikely” event that he is finally convicted and sentenced to the maximum for these crimes, the former president would face almost 40 years in prison, according to Carla Junqueira, a lawyer and doctor of law from the University of Sao Paulo.
In recent weeks, judges have opened another case for gifts of jewelry that he received from Saudi Arabia and did not declare at customs.
Can Bolsonaro be stopped?
Bolsonaro acknowledged the legal risks he will face once he sets foot on Brazilian soil.
“A prison warrant can appear out of nowhere,” he told the newspaper. The Wall Street Journal, in an interview published on February 14.
Under Brazilian law, a detainee can be jailed only when all appeals have been exhausted, or if a judge considers, during investigations, that his freedom jeopardizes the process.
