Following Odebrecht, the Attorney General's Office will resume investigation into Leo Pinheiro's plea bargain.
Brazil's Attorney General, Rodrigo Janot, is in a hurry to approve the Odebrecht plea bargains, justified by two reasons: the need to trigger new phases of the investigation with the disclosure of all the content of the explosive plea bargain, and to free up prosecutors who are working full-time on the depositions for upcoming missions—the first of which should be the resumption of the plea bargain of Leo Pinheiro, from OAS.
247 - Brazil's Attorney General, Rodrigo Janot, is in a hurry to approve the Odebrecht plea bargains, justified by two reasons: the need to trigger new phases of the investigation with the disclosure of all the content of the explosive plea bargain, and to free up prosecutors who are working full-time on the depositions for upcoming missions—the first of which should be the resumption of the plea bargain of Leo Pinheiro, from OAS.
The information is Vera Magalhães' column in the State of São Paulo.
"Within the government, it is understood that the full content of the testimonies will cause an unprecedented seismic shock to politics, and the assessment is that the sooner its extent is known, the less damage it will cause to the progress of the Executive's actions in Congress."
Finally, the conclusion of the contractor's leniency agreement is pending. Only after the penalties in the criminal sphere are defined will Odebrecht be able to try to qualify again to participate in tenders and works in Brazil — which will not be simple or immediate.
Furthermore, the approval is seen as a chance for the company to face the avalanche of international challenges resulting from the release of the United States Department of Justice report on bribery payments in several countries.
The document was the biggest recent blow in the process of recovering the company's image, which began after the decision to cooperate with the judicial process.