Investigation into Gilmar creates a feeling of siege around the Supreme Court.
The aggressive investigation, leaked to the press, by the Federal Revenue Service into the accounts of Gilmar Mendes and his wife, Guiomar, increased the perception of a siege of the Supreme Court by the Bolsonaro wave; the articulation of a CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) of the superior courts in the Senate already intrigued the court, and ministers saw in the episode an "attempt at coercion"; they believe that the Revenue Service could not investigate a judge without the authorization of the Supreme Court – a protocol determined by the Organic Law of the Judiciary; the behind-the-scenes information is that there was strong solidarity with Mendes.
247 - The aggressive investigation, leaked to the press, by the Federal Revenue Service into the accounts of Gilmar Mendes and his wife, Guiomar, increased the perception of a siege of the Supreme Court by the Bolsonaro wave. The articulation of a CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) of the superior courts in the Senate already intrigued the court, and ministers saw in the episode an "attempt at coercion." They believe that the Revenue Service could not investigate a judge without the authorization of the Supreme Court – a protocol determined by the Organic Law of the Judiciary. The behind-the-scenes information is that there was strong solidarity with Mendes.
A report from the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper. highlights that "theBefore public criticism of the procedure, Gilmar Mendes conveyed to members of the Internal Revenue Service his assessment that the group created by the agency to analyze the accounts of authorities had become an "arm of the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Federal Police" to persecute adversaries of a faction within Lava Jato.
The article also reports that "within the tax office, the leak of Mendes' financial report, published by Veja magazine, was criticized. Members of the agency made a point of signaling to the Supreme Court that they do not endorse the terms used by the auditor who signed the document."