Chief of staff says he has a practice of holding meetings outside the official agenda.
The Federal Police questioned Michel Temer's chief of staff as part of the Odebrecht investigation, which is looking into a R$ 10 million deal between the company and the MDB party in 2014; according to Andreia Sadi's blog, Nara de Deus stated "that such a meeting was not scheduled by the witness, clarifying that managing the then vice-president's official agenda was a task assigned to the witness."
247 - The Federal Police heard on Friday (17) the chief of staff of Michel Temer within the scope of the Odebrecht inquiry, which investigates a negotiation of R$ 10 million from the construction company to the MDB in 2014, discussed during a dinner at the Jaburu Palace. Andreia Sadi's blog He gained access to the content of the testimony. The dinner took place between Odebrecht executives, Temer, then vice-president, and Eliseu Padilha, currently Minister of the Civil House.
Nara de Deus stated that she "only" learned of the episode through the press, "that such a meeting was not scheduled by the witness, clarifying that managing the official agenda of the then vice-president was a task assigned to the witness." Her defense suggested further questioning about whether events outside the official agenda were "common at that time."
She responded that, "due to personal characteristics," Temer had always been "very receptive," since his time as a parliamentarian, and stated that "this openness" continued when the PMDB member assumed the vice-presidency of the Republic, "with the practice of receiving people without observing the strictness of the official agenda." "Therefore, many meetings may have taken place without the deponent's knowledge," she added.
Temer had said he had "no knowledge whatsoever" of the alleged payment agreement between the construction company and the party.