Lava Jato innovates by creating "bribe with receipt" to incriminate Lula.

In their eagerness to criminalize former President Lula, the Lava Jato task force is innovating by creating the concept of "bribery with a receipt."

For the Lava Jato task force, which aims to remove Lula from the 2018 elections, the details exchanged in emails and spreadsheets from Odebrecht reveal that 'everything is corruption'.

Lava Jato presented four alleged receipts From the Lula Institute, each for R$1 million, issued against Odebrecht. The money was allegedly transferred by the construction company to someone called "Italiano," according to the company's spreadsheet.

In a statement, the Lula Institute asserts that it "has no knowledge of or responsibility for internal messages from any other organization."

Below, read the full text of the statement from the Lula Institute:

Note from the Lula Institute regarding donation receipt.

The Lula Institute, like other entities of former presidents, receives private donations, all legal, registered, accounted for, and with the respective taxes paid. The donations from Odebrecht to the Institute were made by the company itself, Construtora Norberto Odebrecht SA, in a registered, accounted for, and lawful manner. The Institute's revenues are applied to the entity's social purpose, which is that of a non-profit association. The Institute has no knowledge of or responsibility for internal messages from any other organization.

Press Office of the Lula Institute