Gilmar raises his tone against Lava Jato and speaks of a proposal made by a cretin.

"It's that kind of delusional thing. Look at the ten proposals they presented. One of them says that illegally obtained evidence, obtained in good faith, should be validated. Whoever makes a proposal like that knows nothing about the system, is an absolute cretin. An absolute cretin. Imagine that tomorrow I can justify torture because I did it in good faith?", said Minister Gilmar Mendes yesterday, reacting after an alleged OAS plea bargain against his colleague Dias Toffoli was leaked; the proposal to validate illegally obtained evidence was defended by members of Lava Jato and by Judge Sergio Moro himself; the Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot, denied that Toffoli had been mentioned and spoke of "fraudulent plea bargaining" committed by Veja magazine.

August 24, 2016, 08:23 PMUpdated July 04, 2018, 10:02 pm

"It's that kind of delusional thing. Look at the ten proposals they presented. One of them says that illegally obtained evidence, obtained in good faith, should be validated. Whoever makes a proposal like that knows nothing about the system, is an absolute cretin. An absolute cretin. Imagine that tomorrow I can justify torture because I did it in good faith?", said Minister Gilmar Mendes yesterday, reacting after an alleged OAS plea bargain against his colleague Dias Toffoli was leaked; the proposal to validate illegally obtained evidence was defended by members of Lava Jato and by Judge Sergio Moro himself; the Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot, denied that Toffoli had been mentioned and spoke of "fraudulent plea bargaining" committed by Veja magazine (Photo: Leonardo Attuch)

247 - Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes led the court's reaction to Veja magazine's cover featuring his colleague Dias Toffoli without any substantial accusation (learn more at [link]). Legal experts denounce Veja's vulgarity against Toffoli.), he escalated his criticism of Operation Lava Jato.

"It's pure delusion. Look at the ten proposals they presented. One of them says that illegally obtained evidence, obtained in good faith, should be validated. Whoever makes a proposal like that knows nothing about the system, is an absolute idiot. An absolute idiot. Imagine that tomorrow I could justify torture because I did it in good faith?", said Gilmar.

The proposal to validate illegally obtained evidence, even if obtained in good faith, was defended by members of Lava Jato, including Judge Sergio Moro himself, who leads the operation.

The Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot, defended the task force, pointing to "fraudulent plea bargaining" on the cover of Veja magazine, stating that Toffoli was never mentioned by OAS (read more). here).

Without mentioning Mendes, he stated that "the chain reaction in recent days" against Lava Jato resembles the pressure suffered by Operation Clean Hands, the action against the Italian mafia in the 1990s.

"Is Lava Jato causing so much discomfort? To whom and why? These chain reactions in recent days, I don't know, have made me think a lot. What is happening right now with the Lava Jato investigations is nothing new in the world. This happened exactly the same way, on a different scale, in Italy."