Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes threatened to imprison Aldo Rebelo for contempt during the deposition of the former Defense Minister as a witness in the coup plot process. If you don't behave, you'll be arrested for contempt, Moraes said after asking Aldo to be objective in his questions and the former minister to state that I don't admit censorship. I am behaving, the former minister replied. The imbroglio arose after Aldo made comments about the Portuguese language to question the intention of former Navy Chief Almir Garnier Santos, who, according to witnesses, allegedly placed troops at the disposal of former President Jair Bolsonaro in the 2022 coup attempt. In the Portuguese language, we know that what is often used as a force of expression. It can never be taken literally. When someone says they're fried, it doesn't mean they're in the frying pan. Or that they're tight, it doesn't mean they're being subjected to a type of literal pressure, Aldo said. The former minister said that, with this premise, it would not be possible to conclude that the alleged speech by Garnier about giving armed support to plans to keep Bolsonaro in power could not be taken literally. Moraes intervened, saying that Aldo was not at the meeting where Garnier allegedly declared his agreement to a coup d'état and therefore could not make statements about facts he did not witness. My appreciation of the Portuguese language is mine and I don't admit censorship, the former minister replied. The Supreme Court minister then made a statement about the possible imprisonment for contempt. Aldo Rebelo's deposition was the most tumultuous in the sequence of hearings in the process, which began on Monday (19). The defendants in the central nucleus of the coup plot are Jair Bolsonaro, former President of the Republic; Alexandre Ramagem, federal deputy and former head of the Abin; Almir Garnier, former Navy commander; Anderson Torres, former Minister of Justice; Augusto Heleno, former Minister of the GSI; Mauro Cid, former aide to Bolsonaro; Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, former Minister of Defense; and Walter Braga Netto, former Minister of the Casa Civil and Defense.
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