David Ágape identified Judge João Marcos Buch of the Santa Catarina Court of Justice (TJSC) as the author of a publication that, according to him, revived the 2018 rumor that Jair Bolsonaro would persecute gay people. Ágape stated that Bolsonaro did not persecute this group. The author also mentioned that Buch sentenced Professor Jonas Bressan to two years in prison and ordered him to pay R$ 10,000 for collective moral damages for a message forwarded in a WhatsApp group on the eve of the second round of elections in 2022. According to Ágape, the Civil Police had archived the investigation. Ágape further reported that in a Christmas letter sent to prisoners in 2021, Buch criticized inequalities and racism in Brazil and the Brazilian government. At the inauguration ceremony on March 7, 2025, the judge reportedly said that the country was flirting with fascism and publicly declared his love for his husband, Lucas Buch. According to Ágape, a year later, the Civil Police of Espírito Santo executed search and seizure warrants at Lucas's address in Florianópolis. He stated that the operation was authorized by the courts at the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Espírito Santo and was part of an investigation into fraud and embezzlement, with an estimated loss of R$ 3.5 million. According to the author, the records described the victim as elderly, vulnerable, and residing abroad. https://t.co/hbxC7B2HDF #Justiça #DireitosHumanos #Fascismo (translated)
