Goodbye, darling: Moro does a "live stream of all live streams," praising Lula and Dilma and blasting Bolsonaro.

By Cynara Menezes, in Socialist Morena and for the Journalists for Democracy

 Caetano Veloso better watch out. The "live of all live streams" of the quarantine has already happened, starring a guy whose voice is more out of tune than a drunken country singer: Sergio Moro. The former judge, former Minister of Justice, and former almost-future Supreme Court Justice staged an epic exit from the government. Live on air, blasting the president and, what's worse, praising Dilma Rousseff and Lula's non-interference in the Federal Police's actions. "Great day," Bolsonaro would have said in other times.

“It is true that the government at the time had numerous flaws, those gigantic corruption crimes that occurred back then, but maintaining the autonomy of the Federal Police was fundamental to making this work possible. Whether willingly or due to societal pressure, this autonomy was maintained, and this allowed these results to be achieved,” said Moro.

“The president told me more than once explicitly that he wanted to have a person of his personal contact, someone he could call, someone he could gather information from, someone he could gather intelligence reports from, whether it be the director or the superintendent, and it really isn't the role of the Federal Police to provide that kind of information. Investigations must be preserved. Imagine if, during Lava Jato itself, a minister, the director-general, then-President Dilma, or former President Luiz (sic) were calling the superintendent in Curitiba to gather information about ongoing investigations.”

Imagine if, during the Lava Jato investigation itself, then-President Dilma Rousseff or former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva were calling the superintendent in Curitiba to gather information about ongoing investigations.

Moro's speech made explicit, first and foremost, the extreme republicanism of the PT governments compared to Bolsonaro's total lack of republicanism. Those who accused the PT of "packing" the State put in power the group that actually does pack, manipulate, and interfere in investigations by the Federal Police and the Public Prosecutor's Office. Criminals from any point of view, there's no arguing about it. Reasons for Bolsonaro's impeachment, if there were any before, are now abundant. Or are prevarication and attempts to interfere in investigations less serious than fiscal irresponsibility?

But the former judge went further. He stated that the director-general of the Federal Police, Maurício Valeixo, was dismissed by the president and did not leave his post "at his own request," as stated by the official Secom profile on Twitter, with an image from the Official Gazette. In other words, Moro accused the government of falsifying the Official Gazette. Only someone who has been brainwashed by Bolsonarism and Olavism would be able to deny that this is extremely serious.

In the "live of all live broadcasts," Moro tried to quickly salvage his image in the eyes of the public, feigning ignorance of who Bolsonaro was when he took office. "They promised me carte blanche to make appointments," he whined. However, he leaves with the aura of "hero against corruption"—a role the corporate media helped to create—tarnished, not only for having participated in an incompetent and shady government: he confessed that he received a promise of a "pension" if he accepted the position of Minister of Justice, resigning from his post as a judge. What this pension is, remains unknown.

The question that remains is: if, according to him, the Federal Police is under the direct intervention of the president, who will investigate the accusations that Sergio Moro made and – even more worryingly – those that he will make?