Bolso-saint? Bolsonaro innercircle investigated on jewel probe:

[Edge Guerrero]

Former Brazilian president, Bolsonaro would have sold jewelry gifted by foreign governments
Police report shows former president's alleged involvement in a scheme to divert luxury items to his private property
Caroline Oliveira
Translated by: Lucas Peresin

Brasil de Fato | São Paulo (Brazil) | 14 de Agosto de 2023 às 16:44

Last week, Jair Bolsonaro (Liberal Party) returned to the spotlight after a Federal Police (PF) report showed the former president's alleged involvement in a scheme to sell gifts received by foreign delegations, such as jewelry sets from Saudi Arabia.


The evidence led the Federal Police to ask the Federal Supreme Court (STF), last Friday, August 11, to break the tax and bank secrecy of the former representative for alleged embezzlement of jewelry and other luxury items for his private property. The value obtained from the illegal sale of official gifts may have exceeded R$1 million (approximately US$200,000)

According to the corporation, an offensive was set up to circumvent the registration of gifts within the sector responsible for cataloging the objects at the Planalto Palace. Bolsonaro's former aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, would be part of the scheme; as well as his father, retired general Mauro César Lourena; the second lieutenant of the Brazilian Army, Osmar Crivelatti, Mauro Cid's right-hand man; and former Bolsonaro family lawyer Frederick Wassef.

They were the target of an operation by the Federal Police – named Luke 12:2, in reference to the biblical verse that says "for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known." –, also triggered last Friday, August 11, with search warrants authorized by Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes. For the magistrate, there are indications that the scheme was carried out by Bolsonaro's "determination".

:: Michelle recebeu joias da Arábia em mãos e Bolsonaro conferiu pessoalmente, diz servidora ::

In a note, the Federal Police stated that "there are strong indications that those investigated used the structure of the Brazilian State to divert goods of high patrimonial value gifted by foreign authorities to the President of the Republic (...) with the intention of generating the illicit enrichment of former president Jair Bolsonaro".

The amounts obtained from the sales would have been "converted into cash and entered the personal assets of those investigated, through intermediary persons and with no use of the formal banking system, with the goal of hiding the origin, location and ownership of the values".

The Brazilian Federal Police is also sharing all details of the investigation with the FBI, the US federal police agency. This could make Jair Bolsonaro, Mauro Cid and Mauro César Lourena subject to investigations in the United States for possible financial offenses, such as money laundering and the use of bank accounts to hide illicit amounts. In addition, the FBI must conduct investigations of the companies, stores and individuals who purchased the jewelry to determine whether they were aware of the illegal origin of the pieces.

Mauro Cid's Father

In one of the attempts to sell the gifts, the face of Army General Mauro César Lourena was identified in a photo used to request an evaluation of the object in specialized stores in the United States, according to a report by the Brazilian Federal Police. When photographing a box with glass doors, the general photographed the reflection of his face. According to the Federal Police document, it was Mauro Cid himself who asked his father to send the objects to specialized stores.

The general also tried to sell gilded sculptures in the shape of a palm tree and a boat, but he was unsuccessful, as he discovered that they were not made of solid gold, but only plated with the metal. The matter was discussed between Mauro Cid and Bolsonaro's then advisor Marcelo Câmara.

"Those two pieces I brought from Brazil: that ship and that tree; they are not gold. They have gold parts, but they are not all gold. So I'm not able to sell them. There's a guy here who asked to take a closer look to see how much he can bid. I need to leave the piece there (...) so he can do the evaluation. So I'm going to do it, I'm going to leave the piece with him today." The sculptures were gifts from the government of Bahrain in 2019.

Reserve general Mauro César Lourena was director of the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex) in the United States throughout Bolsonaro’s administration. In office, he received a salary of approximately R$63,000 per month (about US$12,700).


Saudi jewelry

In another audio sent to Marcelo Câmara, Mauro Cid mentions a jewelry auction that would take place on February 8, 2023, to which he would send a jewelry set containing a watch. According to the Federal Police, it is one of the jewelry sets presented to Bolsonaro by Saudi Arabia. The men's jewelry kit, consisting of a pen, a ring, a pair of cufflinks, an Arabic rosary (masbaha) and a watch, was taken by Mauro Cid to the United States on the same plane that took Jair Bolsonaro to Orlando, on December 30 of last year, on the eve of the end of his term.

As indicated on the website where the item was advertised, the starting price was US$50,000. The estimated value was in the range of approximately US$120,000 to US$140,000.



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https://brazilian.report/liveblog/politics-insider/2023/08/11/federal-police-jewels-probe/

[theraskal]

and people question me for my lack of interest in FanBoying/VOTING for POLITICAL CRIMINALS except for the ones offering some CRUMBS because LOL @ voting for those who will enjoy the GOOD LIFE of GOLF, PRIVATE JETS, and CANCUN Vacations while suggesting that the peasants pay their own healthcare and that TAX ROI UBI is Commie Devilry instead of Well Managed RICH COUNTRY Capitalism!

[theraskal]

....and I'm well aware that this article pertains to Brazil but one can be sure that the "Ol' Boy Network" is a GLOBAL AFFAIR and that this article is representative of the Nature of these Political Schemers!

[Edge Guerrero]

INVESTIGATION REVEALS BOLSONARO’S ILLEGAL SALE OF JEWELRY: LATEST UPDATES AND THE GROWING CASE AGAINST HIM

Once again, these are tense days for the unbalanced far-right who presided over Brazil between 2019 and 2022, and good news for Lula da Silva, who now began the ninth month of his third term in September.

Jair Bolsonaro(photo), his wife Michelle, one of his lawyers, Fabio Wajngarten, and Marcelo Camara, a former presidential adviser, were summoned to give statements to the Federal Police, which is investigating the sale of jewelry received by the then president, among 2019 and 2022.


To no one’s surprise, the four chose to remain silent, protected by the law that determines that no one can be forced to produce evidence against themselves.

By determination of Alexandre de Moraes, a member of the Federal Supreme Court, they were summoned to give statements at the same time, separately, to the Federal Police. The measure was intended to prevent responses from being previously combined.

Although it was not known exactly how the questions would be, it was obvious that the topic would be the illegal sale of high-value jewelry and watches that Bolsonaro received as a gift from Saudi leaders and that, instead of allocating them to the national patrimony as determined by law, he chose for selling them and keeping the money.


The argument of the Bolsonaro couple and their accomplices to keep quiet was that the Federal Supreme Court does not have jurisdiction to determine that the Federal Police act in the case.

As weak as it is crude, such a statement finds no support in current legislation, much less in the Constitution.

It happens that four other summoned decided to abide by the determination and agreed to answer the questions of the Federal Police. And they talked a lot.

One of them, Lieutenant-Colonel Mauro Cid, who was Bolsonaro’s aide-de-camp and man of complete and unrestricted confidence, went to the extreme of reporting to the Federal Police more than an hour before the established date. And he answered the questions for more than ten hours.

On Friday the 25th and Monday the 28th of August Cid had already given statements over the course of 16 long hours.

His father, retired general Mauro Lourena Cid, also chose to speak. The two participated in the sale of jewelry and watches in the United States, and there are recordings indicating that El Cid Sr. received, among other missions, that of bringing $25,000 in cash to the far-right.

Details of the father and son statements are not known. But the Federal Police leaked to the media that it already has sufficient elements to indicate the existence of a criminal organization headed by Bolsonaro, whose objective would be broad, ranging from attacking democracy to illicit enrichment through resources and public assets.

The same Police also affirmed that the members of that criminal organization acted together, with clearly and previously defined roles.

With specific regard to what Lieutenant-Colonel Mauro Cid said, the Federal Police reported that the former aide-de-camp made it clear that the “financial flow” of the Bolsonaro clan – that is, his wife and children – was based on the city of Miami, where the far-right took refuge between December and April, after the defeat against Lula da Silva in October of last year.

To all this was added that the FBI would be finishing, at the request of the Brazilian Federal Police, a report that will make it clear that in addition to jewelry, the Bolsonaro clan and its hitmen also negotiated “real estate and other assets” in the United States.

In short: with each passing day, more and more elements indicate that Bolsonaro and his wife will hardly escape Justice.

Already Lula, despite facing an adverse Congress, mainly in the Chamber of Deputies, sees his popularity maintaining a slight increase month after month. And September begins with good results in the economy; In the second quarter of the year, the Gross Domestic Product rose 0.9%, and with that in the first six months that growth was 3.7%, above not only the government’s forecast but also the financial market’s. And unemployment hit the lowest mark since the first half of 2014.

https://www.archyde.com/investigation-reveals-bolsonaros-illegal-sale-of-jewelry-latest-updates-and-the-growing-case-against-him/

[Masato]

INVESTIGATION REVEALS BOLSONARO’S ILLEGAL SALE OF JEWELRY: LATEST UPDATES AND THE GROWING CASE AGAINST HIM

Once again, these are tense days for the unbalanced far-right who presided over Brazil between 2019 and 2022, and good news for Lula da Silva, who now began the ninth month of his third term in September.

Jair Bolsonaro(photo), his wife Michelle, one of his lawyers, Fabio Wajngarten, and Marcelo Camara, a former presidential adviser, were summoned to give statements to the Federal Police, which is investigating the sale of jewelry received by the then president, among 2019 and 2022.


To no one’s surprise, the four chose to remain silent, protected by the law that determines that no one can be forced to produce evidence against themselves.

By determination of Alexandre de Moraes, a member of the Federal Supreme Court, they were summoned to give statements at the same time, separately, to the Federal Police. The measure was intended to prevent responses from being previously combined.

Although it was not known exactly how the questions would be, it was obvious that the topic would be the illegal sale of high-value jewelry and watches that Bolsonaro received as a gift from Saudi leaders and that, instead of allocating them to the national patrimony as determined by law, he chose for selling them and keeping the money.


The argument of the Bolsonaro couple and their accomplices to keep quiet was that the Federal Supreme Court does not have jurisdiction to determine that the Federal Police act in the case.

As weak as it is crude, such a statement finds no support in current legislation, much less in the Constitution.

It happens that four other summoned decided to abide by the determination and agreed to answer the questions of the Federal Police. And they talked a lot.

One of them, Lieutenant-Colonel Mauro Cid, who was Bolsonaro’s aide-de-camp and man of complete and unrestricted confidence, went to the extreme of reporting to the Federal Police more than an hour before the established date. And he answered the questions for more than ten hours.

On Friday the 25th and Monday the 28th of August Cid had already given statements over the course of 16 long hours.

His father, retired general Mauro Lourena Cid, also chose to speak. The two participated in the sale of jewelry and watches in the United States, and there are recordings indicating that El Cid Sr. received, among other missions, that of bringing $25,000 in cash to the far-right.

Details of the father and son statements are not known. But the Federal Police leaked to the media that it already has sufficient elements to indicate the existence of a criminal organization headed by Bolsonaro, whose objective would be broad, ranging from attacking democracy to illicit enrichment through resources and public assets.

The same Police also affirmed that the members of that criminal organization acted together, with clearly and previously defined roles.

With specific regard to what Lieutenant-Colonel Mauro Cid said, the Federal Police reported that the former aide-de-camp made it clear that the “financial flow” of the Bolsonaro clan – that is, his wife and children – was based on the city of Miami, where the far-right took refuge between December and April, after the defeat against Lula da Silva in October of last year.

To all this was added that the FBI would be finishing, at the request of the Brazilian Federal Police, a report that will make it clear that in addition to jewelry, the Bolsonaro clan and its hitmen also negotiated “real estate and other assets” in the United States.

In short: with each passing day, more and more elements indicate that Bolsonaro and his wife will hardly escape Justice.

Already Lula, despite facing an adverse Congress, mainly in the Chamber of Deputies, sees his popularity maintaining a slight increase month after month. And September begins with good results in the economy; In the second quarter of the year, the Gross Domestic Product rose 0.9%, and with that in the first six months that growth was 3.7%, above not only the government’s forecast but also the financial market’s. And unemployment hit the lowest mark since the first half of 2014.

https://www.archyde.com/investigation-reveals-bolsonaros-illegal-sale-of-jewelry-latest-updates-and-the-growing-case-against-him/

wow that article reeks of bias as hard as the american news witchhunt for Trump, while completely ignoring/burying all the exponentially bigger crimes of the Dems lol

Just the same, Brazilian mainstream media will keep digging up whatever insignificant dirt they can find on Bolsonaro, acting all shocked and horrified about it no matter how slim, while keeping quiet on all Lula's MAJOR crimes.

This is one of those articles;

First paragraph: "unbalanced far-right"
This is how they kick off the article. Baffling to me how anyone doesn't immediately see that as an absurd red flag

Later: "The two participated in the sale of jewelry and watches in the United States, and there are recordings indicating that El Cid Sr. received, among other missions, that of bringing $25,000 in cash to the far-right."
$25,000 lol
again with the 'far right' meaningless catchphrase. You could make a drinking game out of it, lol

later: "The Federal Police leaked to the media that it already has sufficient elements to indicate the existence of a criminal organization headed by Bolsonaro, whose objective would be broad, ranging from attacking democracy to illicit enrichment through resources and public assets."
some serious linguistic stretching here... lol again the same bizarre rhetoric/hypocrisy as US media

later: "the Bolsonaro clan – that is, his wife and children – was based on the city of Miami, where the far-right took refuge between December and Apr
'family' is not the right word here? Wife & kids = 'clan'??
Again with the 'far-right' in the same sentence. Have a drink! lolol

later: "in addition to jewelry, the Bolsonaro clan and its hitmen also negotiated “real estate and other assets” in the United States.
Is that illegal?


last paragraph: Already Lula, despite facing an adverse Congress, mainly in the Chamber of Deputies, sees his popularity maintaining a slight increase month after month. And September begins with good results in the economy In the second quarter of the year, the Gross Domestic Product rose 0.9%, and with that in the first six months that growth was 3.7%, above not only the government’s forecast but also the financial market’s. And unemployment hit the lowest mark since the first half of 2014.
These guys should write a glowing article next on how sweet Lula's ass tastes






what utter trash journalism.

No one has even been convicted of anything

This is terrible even if you are not a fan of Bolsonaro, or even if he did pawn some jewllery for a few K

[Masato]

Honestly I don't understand;

If some Saudis gave 'gifts' of jewelry to Bolsonaro and his wife, who are they supposed to belong to?

Who is supposed to wear it?

Are they not Bolsonaro's and his wife's?

Is it supposed to be property of the government?

If he sold it, but 'allocated' the money to the 'national patrimony' (what is that?) - would it be OK?


I figure if someone gives you a gift of jewelry, it's yours. Was it a gift to Bolsonaro? Or a gift to Brazil 'national patrimony'?
If it was a gift to Brazil government, isn't jewelry an odd 'gift'? How is the country supposed to benefit from that?
If it was a gift to Bolsonaro personally, than what's the big scandal if he wants to pawn it off?

[Edge Guerrero]

Honestly I don't understand;

If some Saudis gave 'gifts' of jewelry to Bolsonaro and his wife, who are they supposed to belong to?

Who is supposed to wear it?

Are they not Bolsonaro's and his wife's?

Is it supposed to be property of the government?

- They're property of Brazil, and Bolso-thief knew that.

[Masato]

Honestly I don't understand;

If some Saudis gave 'gifts' of jewelry to Bolsonaro and his wife, who are they supposed to belong to?

Who is supposed to wear it?

Are they not Bolsonaro's and his wife's?

Is it supposed to be property of the government?

- They're property of Brazil, and Bolso-thief knew that.

If that's true that's dumb lol

If that's the worst they have on Bolsonoaro that's also dumb lol

I miss photoshopping all my posts

[Edge Guerrero]

Honestly I don't understand;

If some Saudis gave 'gifts' of jewelry to Bolsonaro and his wife, who are they supposed to belong to?

Who is supposed to wear it?

Are they not Bolsonaro's and his wife's?

Is it supposed to be property of the government?

- His young son also stolle items from Brazil acervo. And Bolsonaro also did money laudring. The guy is the gift thats never stop given.

- They're property of Brazil, and Bolso-thief knew that.

If that's true that's dumb lol

If that's the worst they have on Bolsonoaro that's also dumb lol

I miss photoshopping all my posts