Brazilian politician resists arrest, fires at police By Reuters

By Rodrigo Viga Gaier

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian politician Roberto Jefferson fired at police whereas resisting arrest ordered by the nation’s Supreme Court docket on Sunday for offending a justice, federal police stated in an announcement.

Federal police stated two officers had been injured by shrapnel of a grenade thrown by the previous congressman. Each went to the hospital and had been later launched, the assertion stated.

Jefferson’s lawyer Gustavo Cunha stated he suggested his consumer to give up, however he refused.

In a video posted on social media, the congressman confirmed a picture of federal law enforcement officials arriving at his home, and later admitted in one other video that he had aimed on the police automotive however not on the officers.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered federal police to take Jefferson, an ally of President Jair Bolsonaro, to jail after the previous congressman and president of PTB political occasion launched a tape offending justice Carmem Lucia, attributable to choices she made associated to the presidential elections.

Jefferson was already underneath investigation for the alleged involvement in producing faux information, and on Friday launched statements offending justice Carmem Lucia, who had determined to switch a part of Bolsonaro’s air time to presidential candidate and former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva after the leftist complained about offenses within the adversary’s political adverts.

Two opposition senators, Randolfe Rodrigues and Eliziane Gama had requested the Supreme Court docket to punish Jefferson for offending Lucia.

Bolsonaro, who tried to distance himself from Jefferson, tweeted that he “condemns the statements towards minister Carmem Lucia and armed resistance towards the federal police”.

Lula stated the difficulty ought to now be solved by the police.