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and it means nothing, Lula did time for being caught in corruption and now hes president again
“In my house there was a pile of documents to be discarded, where most likely the material described in the article was found,” he added. “Everything would be taken to be shredded at the Ministry of Justice in due course.”

so a coup attempt and a coverup? >

His lawyer must be fuming right now.
First of all, if he recieved that from someone else, he should have arrested them on the spot. Second, the draft would be destroyed, so he just admitted he intented to destroy evidence? And thirdly, he shifted blame the stupidiest way possible, he could have said "they planted evidence in my house it's a CONSPIRACY the globalist illuminati petralhas etc", no, he just say "yeah it was in my house, and I kept it and told no one else but it's wasn't me I promise :)"
This people are so used to commit crimes they don't even think they are doing it. >

American republicans proved that if you openly tell people about the crime you are committing then everyone will pretend it’s not a crime. >

The world, and particular its most evil and corrupt leaders, has been taking great notice that conservatives are far more malleable than anybody quite anticipated. >

The only way conservatism works is via authoritarianism to hinder progress and improvement.
Not to say liberalism is free of some forms of control (environmental regulation, National Guard protection during initial desegregation in the US, etc), but it's another example of how the right-wing gaslighting phrase "both sides are equally bad" is utter bullshit. >

Why are you implying that environmental regulation is bad? >

I’m not. Both my examples were forms of control that the right thinks are bad but are/were in fact necessary >

Bolsonaro imitated Trump to the point of plotting coup.  He should be sent back to Brazil to face trial for trying to overturn election result. >

It seems like in Brazil the law actually gets enforced. But we will see if it applies to the elite too