Prosecutor says Janot acted politically in the J&F plea bargain agreement.
In testimony this Wednesday (17) at the JBS Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry, prosecutor Ângelo Goulart Villela again accused former Attorney General of the Republic Rodrigo Janot of acting politically in what he called the "plot" of the plea bargain agreement with executives of the J&F group; Villela stated that he was arrested as a means for Janot to "protect" former prosecutor Marcelo Miller, one of the former Attorney General's main advisors; "My issue with him is that he needed to make it very clear in this environment we live in, media-driven, of unrestrained combat against corruption, of being a media darling, of being a superhero, that he acted impartially, that his commitment would be solely and exclusively to combat corruption, no matter who it hurts," he said.
Brazil Agency - In testimony this Wednesday (17) at the Joint Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPMI) of JBS, prosecutor Ângelo Goulart Villela again accused former Attorney General of the Republic Rodrigo Janot of acting politically in what he called the "plot" of the plea bargain agreement with executives of the J&F group.
Villela was arrested during Operation Patmos, following suspicions that he had leaked information about Operation Greenfield, which targeted the J&F holding company, controller of the JBS group, owned by brothers Joesley and Wesley Batista. The prosecutor, who was removed from his position, had been part of the operation's task force since March of this year. According to the investigations, Villela, who was released in August by a decision of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), received a monthly payment of R$ 50 from the Batista brothers.
To the parliamentarians, Ângelo Vilella also said that Janot's objective was for the plea bargain to result in the loss of President Michel Temer's mandate, which would prevent Raquel Dodge from being appointed Attorney General of the Republic.
Regarding his arrest, Villela stated that it was the method chosen by Janot to "protect" former prosecutor Marcelo Miller, one of the former Attorney General's main advisors. Miller, who resigned from the agency to work at the law firm defending JBS, was instrumental in the crisis that resulted in the loss of benefits for the company's whistleblowers. "In my opinion, as a congressman, Rodrigo Janot's issue was more than just protecting Marcelo Miller. My concern with him is that he needed to make it very clear in this media-driven environment, with its relentless fight against corruption, being a media darling, a superhero, that he acted impartially, that his commitment would be solely and exclusively to combat corruption, no matter who it hurts," he said.
Vilella also said that Janot "acted with his gut" towards him because he felt betrayed. "Because I would be siding with his arch-rival [Raquel Dodge], as if that, even if true, legitimized a devastating action against me," he concluded.