Brazil's Attorney General's Office drops defense of lawsuits against Bolsonaro and Wal do Açaí.
According to the agency, the former president hired a private lawyer shortly before the end of his term, days before Lula's inauguration.
247 - Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU) has withdrawn from representing former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in proceedings in which he is under investigation, as well as in the case involving his former parliamentary secretary in the Chamber of Deputies, Walderice Santos da Conceição, known as Wal do Açaí, according to reports. FSP.
The agency had taken on the defense of both in May, in an administrative misconduct case that is being processed in the Federal Court of the Federal District. Bolsonaro was also defended by the Attorney General's Office in investigations at the Supreme Federal Court (STF).
With the change of government, after the inauguration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), the agency, which represents the federal government, withdrew from the cases. In the corruption case, the Attorney General's Office (AGU) withdrew from the defense of both on December 26, shortly before Lula's inauguration, alleging that both the former president and Wal had hired private lawyers for the process and informed the agency of this fact.
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