An official letter announcing the start of the investigation was signed by delegate Deniss Diaz Ribeiro and sent this Friday (16) to STF.

The federal police will investigate a criminal organization with a strong digital presence, with production, publishing and political funding centers exactly the same as those identified in investigation 4781, with the clear aim of attacking democracy and the rule of law.

Request 4781 investigates the spread of false news and attacks on STF ministers.

This investigation, which has already received a call from the Office of Hate – a group of advisers under the President of the Republic who would act to spread fake news – received evidence from another investigation, investigations into undemocratic actions to organize and finance a demonstration, preaching unconstitutional programs such as the closure of the Supreme Council and Congress.

This investigation was archived earlier this month at the request of PGR.

The new front of the investigation must begin with the elements already collected in the course of the investigation of anti-democratic actions.

Minister Alexandre de Moraes authorized a full exchange of evidence with delegate Deniss Ribeiro. Including documents referenced in PGR. The delegate will conduct a joint analysis.

Deniss Ribeiro said he needed access to the seized media that violated banking and telematic secrecy.

The centerpiece of the investigation is blogger Allan dos Santos’ relationship with MPs and people around President Jair Bolsonaro. According to the UF, Allan dos Santos has formulated several attacks on the Constitution and democracy through digital means.

According to investigators, a number of parliamentarians, such as Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of the president, Bia Kisis, the current president of the House Constitution and Justice Commission, Carolina de Toni and Paulo Eduardo Martins, would have participated in this action. They all have privileged jurisdiction and can only be investigated by the Supreme Court.

PF also wants to elaborate on the access to fake accounts used by computers on the internal network of the Palácio do Planalto, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. This data was compiled by PF from the Atlantic Council’s report on the conduct of inaccurate Facebook accounts. These appeals are believed to have been made by advisers to President Jair Bolsonaro and his sons Eduardo and Flavio Bolsonaro. These profiles target attacks from democratic institutions and political opponents.

One of them is the Bolsofeios account, which was managed by the parliamentary adviser to the federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro Carlos Eduardo Guimaraes, from June 2017 to January 2020 it was accessed more than 50 times on the internal network of the Chamber of Deputies. Likewise, between February and September 2019, the Snapnaro account, owned by Fernando Nascimento Pesoa, an adviser to Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, was accessed dozens of times through the internal network of the Federal Senate.

MP Carolina de Toni said that she did not know the content of the decision of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, since she had not yet received any summons. And that she is an uncompromising supporter of democracy and constitutional institutions based on the idea of ​​the democratic rule of law.

MP Bia Kichis declined to comment.

Jornal Nacional was unable to contact MP Eduardo Bolsonaro and Paulo Eduardo Martins.

The others mentioned in the article did not respond to our contact.