Dias Toffoli suspends electoral investigations against José Serra.
The president of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) granted an injunction suspending the investigations against the PSDB senator conducted by the Lava Jato Eleitoral Paulista, which is investigating alleged illegal campaign financing in the 2014 election. Earlier, Serra and his daughter Verônica became defendants in a corruption case related to the Rodoanel highway construction project.
247 - The president of the Supreme Federal Court, Minister Dias Toffoli, suspended the investigations against Senator José Serra (PSDB) in the electoral and federal courts early Wednesday evening, the 29th.
Toffoli's decision came within the scope of the investigations of Operation Paralelo 23, conducted by the São Paulo Electoral Lava Jato task force, which is investigating alleged illegal campaign contributions by the senator in the 2014 election. The investigations were based on the testimony of businessman Elon Gomes, linked to Qualicorp, who reported payments to the senator's campaign. The defense denies the accusations.
In his preliminary ruling, Toffoli understood that the investigation was not limited to the previous term and extended into the current one, which could only occur with authorization from the Supreme Court. The minister also temporarily prohibited the use of materials seized by the operation.
Early, The senator from the PSDB party and his daughter Verônica Serra have become defendants in a corruption case. in the Rodoanel construction works. He was denounced on July 3rd, when He was the target of Operation Revoada, which carried out a search and seizure at his residence..
The operation indicated that José Serra received over R$ 23 million from Odebrecht to release credits from Dersa. in 2009 and 2010. The politician also received R$ 4,5 million between 2006 and 2007 for campaign expenses for the state government.