Flávio Bolsonaro's defense appeals the passport seizure and seeks to remove Moraes from the case
The senator, who lost the presidential election, challenges the Supreme Court decision in a money-laundering investigation tied to betting companies; he is in the United States.
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The defense of Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) asked the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to revoke Justice Alexandre de Moraes' decision ordering the surrender of his passports, g1 reported on Monday (2). The lawyers also want Moraes to be declared barred from acting in the investigation.
In the same decision, Moraes barred contact between Flávio and lawyer Willer Tomaz and ordered the cancellation of all the senator's Brazilian passports, including the diplomatic one. According to g1, Flávio disobeyed the order and left the country. He, his wife and daughters arrived in Miami, in the United States, on Wednesday (28).
The inquiry is investigating money laundering in an alleged scheme that would involve Tomaz's companies and betting houses. The investigation began in the first instance of the Federal Court in Rio Grande do Sul and reached the STF after the senator's name appeared in the findings of the Federal Police in that state.
Flávio is also formally under investigation in another inquiry, opened to look into possible crimes related to the financing of the film "Dark Horse," about the life of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
In another report, g1 noted that Moraes considered the ban on Flávio leaving the country a logical measure after the passport cancellation.