For the past week, news website The Intercept has been publishing private messages exchanged by Operation Car Wash prosecutors and Sergio Moro—who was the judge responsible for trying most of the cases related to the investigation until last year, when he accepted Jair Bolsonaro’s invitation to become Brazil’s Justice minister.
The conversations cast doubt over the operation’s legitimacy as a whole, with Mr. Moro appearing to have clearly acted illegally in coaching prosecutors on how to handle evidence and deal with defendants. In the most recent round of leaks, Mr. Moro appears asking prosecutors to issue official statements responding to former President Lula’s remarks during a deposition, in a way to counter “the defense’s little show.”
Leaving the scandal’s implications on corruption investigations aside (if you want more details on the case, and its possible implications, click here. Or here, if you want to listen to our chat with The Intercept‘s managing editor, Andrew Fishman), the case revealed how Brazilians tend to overlook...
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