José Socrates may be the target of a criminal investigation for violation of judicial secrecy, having replied in writing to six questions posed by TVI about his arrest.
Carlos Alexandre judge and the prosecutor Rosario Teixeira understand that public statements by the former Prime Minister may call into question the collection and preservation of evidence.
The conviction is shared by the investigating judge and the prosecutor’s DCIAP: Socrates used the answers to the six questions posed by the TVI to make public what was said during interrogation judicial it has undergone.
According to the ‘Daily News’, the José Sócrates responses are, in practice, a contradictory exercise in the media, which, in the opinion of the judges, interfere with the investigation and put concerned the collection of evidence.
The defense of José Sócrates has another understanding of the situation, understanding that the former prime minister is not prevented from giving interviews.
In addition, according to attorney Peter Delille, “for legal purposes ‘responses to the TVI ‘ was not an interview.” “It was what it was: a few questions were submitted in writing, answered in writing ‘distinguished.
The general direction of the Prison Service denied in December, an interview request to Socrates made by the newspaper “Express”, but defense attorneys understand that the ban was limited to that particular application.
Jose Socrates invoked “legitimate defense” to justify the decision to answer questions from TVI against what he qualified a “systematic and criminal violation of judicial secrecy ‘.
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