๐จEXCLUSIVE: JANUARY 8 FILES
New leaked files reveal that Brazilโs Supreme Court illegally used social media posts to incarcerate pro-Bolsonaro protesters.
On January 8, 2023, hundreds of supporters of former President @JairBolsonaro entered government buildings in Brasรญlia, in an episode strikingly similar to January 6 in the US. Many were elderly or ill and committed no acts of violence. Yet all were labeled โcoup plotters,โ โterrorists,โ and โfascistsโ by Brazilโs president @LulaOficial and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
Now, the JANUARY 8 FILES show that Moraes created a secret and illegal intelligence task force that used social media posts to justify the imprisonment of nonviolent protesters.
Moraes and his task force:
โ operated through a secret WhatsApp group that created illegal intelligence โreportsโ
โ kept protestors detained while performing scans of their social media;
โ used online speech as a basis for โpreventativeโ imprisonment;
โ denied lawyers access to evidence;
โ illegally used a biometric database to identify protesters.
These files reveal that January 8 prosecutions were politically motivated and involved sweeping abuses of power.
Moraes, serving Lulaโs interests, bypassed the law to effectively criminalize political speech. His overprosecution of protesters helped legitimize the narrative that January 8 was a coordinated โcoup attemptโ โ a narrative central to the courtโs ongoing prosecution of Bolsonaro.
The JANUARY 8 FILES investigation was led by @david_agape_ and @elivieira and edited by @galexybrane
@grok as decisรตes que Alexandre de Moraes estรก tomando tornam ele um ditador?
Passando por cima do senado
Mandando calar opositores
Pedindo bloqueio de perfis em redes sociais de quem vai contra o governo atual?