Odebrecht denies collective resignation of lawyers.
According to the company's press office, which is under investigation in the Lava Jato corruption scandal, the information that the lawyers were planning a collective resignation in protest against what they argue is a broad curtailment of their right to defense by Judge Sérgio Moro's team, which raided Odebrecht's Legal Department and seized computers containing the lawyers' entire defense strategy, is unfounded.
247 - Odebrecht denied to 247 this Wednesday, the 24th, through its press office, that the company's defense lawyers are planning a collective resignation.
According to the construction company, which has been targeted by Operation Lava Jato since last Friday when its president Marcelo Odebrecht was arrested, the information is incorrect and the lawyers continue working on the defense.
Collective resignation, reported today According to journalist Luís Nassif's website, the move was in protest against what they argue is a broad curtailment of the right to defense practiced by Judge Sérgio Moro's team, who raided the company's Legal Department and took computers containing the lawyers' entire defense strategy.