The hunt goes beyond Dilma's impeachment.

The removal of Dilma through a twisted impeachment, a coup, is only one facet of the political purge that, back in 2005, was summarized by Jorge Bornhausen with the phrase: "we'll be rid of this breed for about 30 years." With some delay, that prediction is coming true. The "breed" includes the PT (Workers' Party), Lula, Dilma, and the left allied with the PT project. Recent political and judicial movements suggest that Dilma, in addition to impeachment, may face other legal actions, like Lula. With the authorization, by Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki, at the request of Attorney General Rodrigo Janot, of an investigation against her, Lula, and five others for attempted obstruction of justice, Dilma also risks being judged and even convicted by Sergio Moro.

Yes, because if this investigation evolves into an indictment, Dilma will probably no longer be president of the Republic and will have lost the right to the special jurisdiction of the Supreme Federal Court. When and if that happens, the case will be directed to the first instance court, even though Teori prefers to send the case to another court and not to Moro's in Curitiba. He did this with the other case against Lula, also for obstruction of justice, stemming from other elements of Delcídio Amaral's plea bargain, the alleged schemes to prevent Nestor Cerveró's plea bargain. The case was directed to the 10th Federal Court in Brasília, and there Judge Ricardo Leite indicted Lula, making him a defendant for the first time. Janot's new request is also based on Delcídio's testimony, but on two different parts: Lula's appointment as Chief of Staff by Dilma (which allegedly aimed to give him jurisdiction in the Supreme Court, shielding him from Moro) and her appointment of STJ minister Marcelo Navarro, with the help of then-Justice Minister Eduardo Cardoso and Francisco Falcão, supposedly so that the minister would act in court in favor of imprisoned contractors.

Other events of the last few days and hours converge in the same direction: Lula's wife and son were summoned, and yet another former treasurer of the PT (Workers' Party) was incriminated (it's as if the other parties that received donations from construction companies didn't have treasurers). The TCU (Federal Court of Accounts) opened an investigation into the alleged disappearance of presidential gifts (although Dilma's team says they are all cataloged, inventoried, and stored), and Operation Acronym has once again targeted the governor of Minas Gerais, Fernando Pimentel.

Dilma continues her fight against impeachment, now with the decision to personally appear before the Senate to present her defense. A bold and risky decision: she is likely to hear insults that the excellencies, so obsequious to those in power, reserve for those who have already lost it or are about to lose it. But Dilma's game, at this point, is for history. Just like her letter released yesterday, the annals will record the video of this presentation in the Senate, as well as the senators' questions. There will be no shortage of scenes of explicit exhibitionism, verbal excesses, and even insults. Once the coup is consummated, she could face a judicial ordeal like Lula's and even be prevented from leaving the country.

Lula and his lawyers, with the petition filed this afternoon with the Supreme Court, continue their efforts to demonstrate that Judge Sergio Moro has lost the ability to judge him, both because of the illegalities he committed in leaking illegal wiretaps and because of his repeated prejudgment statements. But the Supreme Court has already settled into the position of Pontius Pilate. It will hardly impede the march of purging "this race."

The out-of-place note is the Odebrecht plea bargain, always delayed, which could spread embers throughout the entire system, including Temer. But it has been seen and demonstrated that the judicial system treats accusations differently. If they involve the "PT faction," they move forward. If others are affected, the accusations are shelved.