Bolsonaro has said he fears prison. A likelier sanction, senior judicial officials and legal analysts say, is a ban on holding public office.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Down in the polls heading into the Brazilian election last year and under multiple investigations for alleged wrongdoing in office, President Jair Bolsonaro spoke candidly about one of his greatest fears: prison.“Freedom is more important than life,” he said five months before the October vote. “These days I spend most of my time fighting legal problems. They’re even saying I’ll go to prison. For God in heaven, I will never go to prison.
Bolsonaro’s lawyer for the electoral cases said his client sees the allegations against him as “political persecution.” But he conceded that their sheer number amounted to a substantial legal obstacle. A key reason Brazil has moved quickly to investigate Bolsonaro is Moraes, who enjoys wide-ranging investigative powers. On Jan. 13, five days after the insurrection, he agreed to a request by prosecutors to add Bolsonaro to a probe into its masterminds and instigators.
“Bolsonaro’s arrest will not happen for now,” said one senior judicial official, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter. “It will take time. I don’t see the court’s will to do this. Not now.”
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