Showing posts with label Lava Jato. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lava Jato. Show all posts

Tuesday, 25 June 2019

#LulaLivreUrgente and #LulaNaCadeia are on the trending topic of Twitter as the STF decides to keep former president Lula in prison


According to the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper, Lula's defense highlighted the revelation of messages from the current Minister of Justice, Sergio Moro (who ruled Lula) and Lava Jato authorities (who investigated Lula) released by The Intercept Brasil since the last day 9.

Intercept reports, according to several politicians allied with Lula, indicate that Moro "had a personal animosity against the accused, provided evidence to the prosecution outside the case, previously combined petitions and decisions."

Sunday, 23 June 2019

#TontosDoMBL: According to The Intercept Brasil and Folha de S. Paulo, Moro says that "fools of the MBL" made a demonstration to defend him

The publication by The Intercept Brasil website and the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo of conversations between the then judge and current Justice Minister Sergio Moro and Lava Jato's prosecutors reveal that there was an articulation to protect Moro and prevent tensions between him and STF ministers (Supreme Federal Court Brazil) could pause investigations of the task force.

In the conversations released by The Intercept Brasil, Moro speaks of a protest organized by "some fools of that Free Brazil Movement," in which protesters criticized STF minister Teori Zavascki (killed in a plane crash in 2017).

Because of this, between yesterday and today (23.Jun.2019), the hashtag #TontosDoMBL has become the most talked about topic on Twitter.

Groups like MBL, Vem pra Rua and Revoltados Online form a kind of Brazilian Tea Party and are deeply linked to the movements of the political right in the country. Until yesterday, these groups had Sergio Moro as a kind of hero.

Monday, 10 June 2019

The Intercept: "Judge Sergio Moro repeatedly counseled prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol via Telegram during more than two years of Operation Car Wash"

The Intercept, site of the journalist Glenn Greenwald presented messages exchanges between prosecutors such as Deltan Dallagnol and the then judge and current Justice Minister Sérgio Moro about some investigated issues and possible political motivations of the investigations. The targets of the talks recently reported that they had their cell phones hacked.

According to The Intercept, leaked documents "reveals serious ethical violations and legally prohibited collaboration between the judge and prosecutors who last year convicted and imprisoned former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva".

Wednesday, 8 May 2019

Justice orders former President of Brazil Michel Temer to return to prison

The Brazilian Justice today decided by two votes to one, that former President Michel Temer and Colonel João Baptista Lima Filho return to prison. The decision to revoke habeas corpus was judged by three judges of the Federal Regional Court of the 2nd Region. By 2 votes to 1, the court revoked the habeas corpus granted to Temer and João Baptista.

Temer had previously been arrested on March 21, 2019. He is accused of leading a criminal organization that received R$ 1 million corruption money over the construction contract for the Angra 3 nuclear power plant.

The former Brazilian president also responds for crimes of corruption, embezzlement and money laundering in the Lava Jato lawsuit that runs in Rio de Janeiro under the command of Judge Marcelo Bretas

Thursday, 21 March 2019

Former president of Brazil, Michel Temer, is arrested

The Operation Lava Jato of the Federal Police arrested today the ex-president Michel Temer and the ex-minister Moreira Franco. Both are accused of involvement in corruption schemes. In an interview with the journalist Kennedy Alencar, Temer classified his prison as "a barbarity."

The arrest was based on the donation of José Antunes Sobrinho, owner of Engevix. The businessman told the Federal Police that he paid R $ 1 million in tips at the request of Colonel João Baptista Lima Filho, who would have received the bribes for the political group of former president Michel Temer.

Engevix was one of the construction companies responsible for the construction of the Angra 3 atomic power plant, located on Itaorna beach, in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro.

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