Politicians

Bia Kicis

InvestigatedDamages: Fake news

federal deputy (PL-DF) since 2019; former deputy leader of the Bolsonaro government and former chair of the Chamber's Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ); ordered at first instance to pay damages to Jean Wyllys (2021); under investigation in Inq 4828 of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) (closed in 2021)

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Support for Jair Bolsonaro

She was deputy leader of the Bolsonaro government in Congress until dismissed by the president in July 2020, when the press described her as part of the Bolsonarist wing closest to the Planalto. In March 2021 she was elected chair of the Chamber's CCJ with Bolsonaro's declared support for her candidacy. She joined the PL in 2022.

Court cases and investigations

Criminal sphere

Inquiry 4781 (Supreme Federal Court, STF) — "fake news inquiry": fraudulent news, threats and attacks on the STF and its members — Under investigation
Inquiry 4828 (Supreme Federal Court, STF) — anti-democratic acts of 2020 — Closed

Civil, administrative and oversight sphere

Damages suit by Jean Wyllys against Bia Kicis over posts linking him to the attack on Bolsonaro (Special Civil Court of Rio) — Convicted (appealable)
Fake news · R$41,800

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