Aécio is considering requesting the annulment of evidence from the JBS plea bargain.

Minas 247 - Senator Aécio Neves (PSDB-MG) is considering requesting the annulment of evidence against him stemming from the JBS plea bargains, amid revelations of alleged improper conduct by a federal prosecutor in favor of businessman Joesley Batista. This information was given on Tuesday, the 5th, by Aécio's lawyer, Alberto Toron.

"I am considering requesting the annulment of the evidence, but I want to hear the audio recordings first," Toron told Valor. He is referring to new recordings of conversations between JBS executives containing statements previously omitted from the plea bargain agreement. These recordings led the Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot, to raise yesterday the possibility of revoking the benefits granted to the informants. Janot, however, insisted that if this were to happen, the evidence would not be compromised.

Toron said he disagreed with Janot's statement yesterday that the eventual termination of the JBS plea bargain benefits would not invalidate the evidence.

"The scenario points to a much more complex picture. We have a possible illegality of the evidence due to the fact that the regional public prosecutor was engaging in administrative advocacy while holding the official position of prosecutor," said Toron, referring to Marcello Miller, a former prosecutor who went on to work at the law firm contracted by JBS.

Aécio was recorded by Joesley in a conversation where he was negotiating R$ 2 million with the businessman, funds that were later taken away hidden in suitcases. The senator later said that the money was a private loan and that it would be regularized. The objective, he argued after being caught, was to cover lawyers' fees. The recording and monitoring of the delivery of part of the money led to the opening of a lawsuit against the senator from Minas Gerais.

Read the report from Valor Econômico about the subject.