Toffoli sends to the Federal District Court the case against Bolsonaro for incitement to rape.
The minister complied with the Attorney General’s statement and acknowledged the Court’s incompetence to judge the case; the former president is a defendant for his 2014 statement against Deputy Maria do Rosário. On Monday, the 19th, Minister Dias Toffoli of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) ordered the transfer of a criminal case to the Federal…
The minister complied with the Attorney General’s statement and acknowledged the Court’s incompetence to judge the case; the former president is a defendant for his 2014 statement against Deputy Maria do Rosário.
On Monday, the 19th, Minister Dias Toffoli of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) ordered the transfer of a criminal case to the Federal District Court in which former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) is a defendant for incitement to the crime of rape. The process refers to an episode that occurred in 2014 when Bolsonaro, then a federal deputy, stated that federal deputy Maria do Rosário (PT-RS) did not deserve to be raped because she was “very ugly” and not his “type”. Toffoli’s decision follows a request from the Office of the Attorney General (PGR) which, considering that the former president is no longer entitled to special jurisdiction, deemed it unnecessary for the Court to continue its involvement. “I recognize the incompetence of this Supreme Court to prosecute the case and I accept the manifestation of the Federal Public Ministry,” wrote the minister. This is the second case involving Bolsonaro that Dias Toffoli has transferred to the Federal District Court. Last week, the judge forwarded another criminal case from 2014 in which the former president is a defendant for slander against Maria do Rosário. Both cases were suspended in 2019 when Jair assumed the presidency and still await the former president’s interrogation and final arguments from the defense.
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