Cunha's office is the target of a search and seizure operation.
Following authorization from the Supreme Federal Court (STF), the office of the Speaker of the House, Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), was the target of a search and seizure operation this morning, at the request of the Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot; the document may prove Cunha's participation as a beneficiary of bribes in the corruption scheme investigated by Operation Lava Jato; this Wednesday, the congressman began an effort to have the members of the Petrobras Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) summon Janot to testify.
247 - The office of the Speaker of the House, Congressman Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), was the target of a search and seizure operation on the morning of Wednesday the 6th. The action was authorized by Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Teori Zavascki, at the request of the Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot.
A document, which may be in Cunha's office, could prove that he was the one who initiated requests to investigate a Petrobras supplier, Mitsui, that allegedly stopped paying bribes.
According to Cunha, Janot is defending the investigation against him due to a "personal feud," ever since the prosecutor was challenged by the congressman. "He chose me and is insisting on this personal feud because I challenged him. It's become a personal problem between him and me," stated the Speaker of the House.
In response to the request for an investigation, the congressman initiated a campaign on Wednesday, June 6th, to have members of the Petrobras CPI summon Janot to testify, after the Attorney General reacted to the attempt by six politicians, including Eduardo Cunha, to block their investigations within the scope of Lava Jato. Rodrigo Janot argued this week that Cunha should be investigated.