Federal Police said the arrests were tied to an investigation into the fatal shooting of lawyer Roberto Zampieri in Mato Grosso in 2023.
Five people were arrested Wednesday and six search warrants executed in the states of Mato Grosso, Sao Paulo, and Minas Gerais.
A document seized by police and quoted by the G1 news site revealed a rate of 100,000 reais for a member of the chamber of deputies, and 150,000 for a senator.
Messias wrote on X he was shocked by the “audacity and foolishness” of the existence of such a group.
Supreme Court president Luis Roberto Barroso told AFP investigations were ongoing and it was too early “to draw conclusions.”
In November, an individual blew himself up outside the court in an attack investigators believe may be linked to the 2023 uprising by thousands of Bolsonaro followers after his election defeat to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro is being tried by the court over an alleged coup plot, including a plot to assassinate Lula and Justice
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