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Paulo Marinho testifies to the Federal Police for 5 hours, but returns for further questioning this Thursday.

Paulo Marinho will give a new statement tomorrow to the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office to clarify the leak of Operation Furna da Onça to Flávio Bolsonaro.

Businessman Paulo Marinho (Photo: Roque de Sá/Agência Senado)

247 - After 5 hours of testimony, businessman Paulo Marinho left the Federal Police and is due to return this Thursday (21) to give a new statement, this time to the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF), about the leak of Operation Furna da Onça in 2018 to Flávio Bolsonaro. 

The Federal Police reopened an investigation into suspected leaks regarding the operation. Last year, investigators suspected a leak when one of the targets of the operation, launched in 2018, was seen waiting for the police officers dressed and carrying a university diploma.

The investigation was closed because the source of the leak could not be identified. But in light of Paulo Marinho's statements, the case has been reopened.

According to a report by the website Antagonista, prosecutor Eduardo Benones, who heads the External Control of Police Activity Unit, will collect Marinho's testimony this Thursday. He accompanied the businessman's testimony to the Federal Police and considered the account he presented about the case to be positive.