Imbassahy says he sees contamination of evidence from the J&F plea bargains with new facts.
The Minister of the Government Secretariat, Antonio Imbassahy, said on Tuesday that he sees contamination between the evidence presented in the J&F plea bargains and the new facts released by the Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot, on Monday night; according to Imbassahy, there was an action orchestrated by criminals.
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Minister of the Government Secretariat, Antonio Imbassahy, said on Tuesday that he sees contamination between the evidence presented in the J&F plea bargains and the new facts released by the Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot, on Monday night.
According to Imbassahy, the action was orchestrated by criminals.
Speaking to reporters at Congress on Tuesday, Imbassahy said the revelation had a significant impact on lawmakers. He assessed that the government's base already held a very secure position, but the new facts further weaken any expected new charges against Temer.
Janot announced the day before that he had requested the opening of an investigation to examine evidence of crimes omitted by J&F whistleblowers in an audio recording delivered by the group to the Public Prosecutor's Office, but stressed that the evidence presented by them so far remains valid.
Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu