Bolsonaro's defense claims he didn't know about letter's release or rule violation

Jair Bolsonaro's legal defense has informed Brazil's Supreme Court (STF) that the former president had no prior knowledge of a letter being made public by Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. The defense also asserted that Jair Bolsonaro was unaware the letter breached the restrictions imposed by Minister Alexandre de Moraes.

In a statement signed by five lawyers representing Bolsonaro in a coup plot investigation, the defense argued that Bolsonaro has consistently complied with court-imposed measures since beginning his home confinement. They stated that other correspondence he authored previously did not draw scrutiny regarding compliance with existing rules, even when publicized.

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In a recent period, when subjected to the same conditional limitations, other correspondences written by him did not lead to any questioning regarding compliance with the measures then in force, even when publicized.

The defense maintained that the letter's subsequent dissemination on social media was a decision made without the petitioner's prior awareness. This statement follows Minister Moraes's prohibition on Flávio Bolsonaro visiting his father for 90 days. Moraes cited the senator's violation of the ex-president's social media restrictions by publishing the letter, which he deemed an "explicit request for votes" and a tool for political promotion.

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The circumstance of the letter being subsequently released on social media resulted from a decision made without the Petitioner's prior knowledge.