A Brazilian Supreme Court justice believes jailed ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula ...
BRASILIA - A Brazilian Supreme Court justice believes jailed ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva deserves a retrial after leaked social media conversations appeared to show the judge hearing Brazil’s largest-ever corruption case collaborated with prosecutors.
Lula is serving a 12-year prison sentence for taking bribes, and the judge who convicted him, Sergio Moro, is now Brazil’s justice minister in right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro’s cabinet. Lula, a popular leftist leader, was tried for receiving a beachside apartment and a country house from engineering firms in return for their winning lucrative state contracts under his Workers Party’s government.
Moro and lead Car Wash prosecutor Deltan Dalagnol have denied any wrongdoing in their communications. “But things are being put back in their place,” Mendes said, referring to pushback from politicians in Congress, where lawmakers - many of whom have been probed for graft - passed a bill that curtails the investigative powers of prosecutors and judges.
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