Eduardo and Figueiredo plan to go to Washington while Bolsonaro is judged

According to Figueiredo, the decision of the trip was made last night after an invitation from Donald Trump’s administration to both.

The US President has qualified the lawsuit against Bolsonaro as a “witch hunt”, an “international shame”, and the “immediately” interruption is required for 50% rates on Brazilian products imposed by the White House and in force since last day 6 can be negotiated. The Brazilian government says that the terms of the US government constitute a violation of national sovereignty and an aggression to Brazilian democratic institutions. There is no ongoing negotiation for now.

Through his political assistant André Porciucula, Eduardo said that next week should supply the White House with information about the progress of his father’s trial. Neither the deputy nor Figueiredo confirms, however, with whom they intend to meet and will be in the city until the end of the trial, scheduled for the 12th. Last week, the Federal Police indicted Eduardo and Figueiredo for attempted obstruction of justice and coercion to authorities for their performance abroad.

There are among the Boconarists to expect the US government to adopt new sanctions and tariffs as the trial in the first class of the Supreme Court. Among the possibilities, there would be, for example, restrictions on other Brazilian authorities (Ministers of the Supreme and the Lula administration have already been reached) and the adoption of the financial sanctions of Global Magnitsky law, already applied to Minister Alexandre de Moraes, to other members of the Court.

Another possibility would be Trump to change the tariff exception list to Brazilian products, which today has almost 700 products, such as orange juice and aircraft. The White House and the State Department officially confirm any of these possibilities. But the Trump government has already stated that it follows “closely” the process and the president questioned Brazilian reporters in the White House a few weeks ago about how was the process of the process and repeated that “Bolsonaro is an honest man.”

The presence of Eduardo and Figueiredo in the city will coincide with the arrival of a delegation of the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), led by the president of the organization Ricardo Alban, to try to negotiate the current fares and act in the defense of Brazil in the issue of commercial investigation of section 301, for alleged Brazilian unfair practices, opened by order of Trump by the White House commercial representative (USTR).