Teori wants testimony from the president of Odebrecht.
A Supreme Court Justice granted a request from the Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot, and ordered the Federal Police to take a statement from Marcelo Odebrecht as part of the Lava Jato investigation. The country's leading construction company, spared until now in the investigation, will have to clarify statements made by Senator Gleisi Hoffmann (PT-PR), who said she asked the executives for funds for her 2010 campaign. The company could be a stepping stone for Judge Sergio Moro in the hunt for former President Lula. The construction company's lawyer, Dora Cavalcanti, said in an interview last Friday that Odebrecht is the victim of a "setup" in Lava Jato.
247 - Until now spared in Operation Lava Jato, Odebrecht has just received an order requiring its CEO, Marcelo Odebrecht, to testify before the Federal Court regarding the case. The order came from Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Teori Zavascki, who granted a request from the Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot.
The country's main construction company will have to clarify statements made by Senator Gleisi Hoffmann (PT-PR) during her testimony to the Federal Police in April, according to a report by Folha de S. Paulo. The senator stated that she requested financial resources from the company's executives for her 2010 campaign. In a statement, the company defends that its donations to campaigns and parties are legal.
The minister also ordered the Federal Police to take statements from six other people, in addition to Marcelo Odebrecht: Ricardo Pessoa, from UTC, who was released two weeks ago, José Aldemário Pinheiro Filho, from OAS, and João Ricardo Auler, from Camargo Corrêa.
Odebrecht, along with Andrade Gutierrez, which has also been spared in the investigation so far, could be a stepping stone for Judge Sérgio Moro, responsible for the Lava Jato cases, to reach former President Lula. The 247 news outlet reported last Saturday, the 2nd, that the two companies could be Moro's new target.read moreReason: With the release of executives imprisoned in Curitiba, the judge would try to arrest new businessmen, potential targets of new plea bargain agreements.
The contractor's lawyer he said in an interview with Folha Last Friday, the 1st, it was stated that Odebrecht is the victim of a "setup" in Lava Jato. "My interpretation, which is very serious, is that there was a change of course to intentionally target Odebrecht," said Dora Cavalcanti. According to her, Odebrecht executives "are subjected to a state of terror."
"They were subjected to search and seizure, their arrest was requested and denied, in a considered manner, with the justification that there was no evidence. Today [30] we delivered a petition to Judge Sergio Moro, saying that the company is willing to cooperate. We are in a scenario of the truth of Emília from Monteiro Lobato, which is the well-told lie. The guy keeps adjusting what he says and there is no counterpoint," said the lawyer.