Former far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remained silent on Thursday before police in Brasilia, who had summoned him for questioning over his alleged involvement in a
“coup attempt”
to maintain power, his defense said.
“The only reason why he used silence is due to the fact that today he is responding to a semi-secret investigation
,” lawyer Paulo Cunha told the press, near the headquarters of the federal police. in Brasilia.
The defense had complained in advance of a lack of access to the content of the file against the former head of state, in power from 2019 to 2022.