Elizabeth Warren defends Glenn Greenwald: 'Bolsonaro seeks retaliation'

American Senator and Democratic White House candidate Elizabeth Warren came out in defense of journalist Glenn Greenwald , accused by the Federal Public Ministry of Brazil of crimes of criminal association, telephone interception and invasion of another's computer device. This Friday, 24, WIn response to the Democrat, Greenwald wrote on Twitter: "Thank you, Senator."

The co-founder of the international website The Intercept and editor of the website Intercepet Brasil  was accused on Tuesday 21 in Operation Spoofing, which investigates the role of hackers in the invasions of messaging applications by the authorities of the Republic.

Responsible for revealing the Vaza Jato scandal  , the American journalist had been exonerated by Supreme Court Minister Gilmar Mendes , who forbade the Federal Police to investigate the journalist in the “regular exercise of his profession”.

However, according to prosecutor Wellington Divino de Oliveira, an audio conversation was found between Greenwald and student Luiz Molição, a member of the hacker ring, in which the journalist instructs the group to delete the messages exchanged between them. For Oliveira, the dialogue characterizes "a clear conduct of auxiliary participation in the crime, seeking to subvert the idea of ​​protecting the journalistic source into immunity for the guidance of criminals".

Warren has in defense of the free press one of the motives of his campaign and is preparing for the Democratic Party primary elections in Iowa, scheduled for February 2. His Republican rival and current President of the United States, Donald Trump , is known for branding critical media as "false", "rubbish" and "terrible".arren said that the Brazilian government is retaliating against Greenwald and demanded an end to its attacks on the press.

“The Bolsonaro government is seeking state retaliation against Glenn Greenwald for his work as a journalist to expose public abuse and corruption. Brazil must immediately suspend the charges and stop its attacks on the free and open press. ”