Politicians

Zé Trovão

InvestigatedDamages: Assault

federal deputy (PL-SC), truck driver; under investigation in the Supreme Federal Court (STF) (Inq 4879) over the 7 September 2021 acts, held in pretrial detention between October and December 2021; ordered at first instance to pay damages to a former partner

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Support for Jair Bolsonaro

In September 2021, as organizer of the truckers' stoppage after 7 September, he ended the blockades saying he was heeding "a request that President Bolsonaro made to us" (in the same period he said the movement was not fighting "in favor of Bolsonaro"); elected federal deputy for the PL in 2022.

Court cases and investigations

Criminal sphere

Inquiry 4879 (Supreme Federal Court, STF) — calls for anti-democratic acts on 7 September 2021 (Zé Trovão, Otoni de Paula, Sérgio Reis and others) — Under investigation

Civil, administrative and oversight sphere

Damages suit by a former partner against Zé Trovão for assault and defamation — Santa Catarina courts — Convicted (appealable)
Assault · R$50,000

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