Janot anticipates the longest and most tense days of his tenure.
Brazil's Attorney General is preparing his most important move yet, in which Michel Temer will be accused of obstruction of justice and organized crime; "it will be the longest week of my tenure," said Janot.
247 - "This will be the longest week of my term," Attorney General Rodrigo Janot told an interlocutor, according to... reporter by Vinicius Sassine, Carolina Brígido and Jailton de Carvalho, published in Globo.
"The new charges against Temer, in turn, should be presented by Thursday, avoiding leaving it for the last day of his administration. It is still unclear whether he will face one or two charges. In the case of two charges, Temer could face charges of obstruction of justice in one, and of belonging to a criminal organization—along with other PMDB politicians who serve or have served in the Chamber of Deputies—in the other," the journalists report.
Below is a news report about Temer's involvement in the PMDB's alleged corruption scheme, which supposedly earned him bribes totaling R$ 31,5 million:
A Federal Police (PF) investigation concluded today (11) presents evidence of crimes committed by President Michel Temer and other members of the so-called “PMDB group in the Chamber,” according to a statement released this Monday by the PF. According to the investigations, the group would be composed of the Ministers of the Civil House, Eliseu Padilha, and of the Government Secretariat, Moreira Franco, in addition to former ministers Geddel Vieira Lima and Henrique Eduardo Alves, and former president of the Chamber Eduardo Cunha.
According to the Federal Police, the PMDB leadership maintained an "organizational structure with the objective of obtaining, directly and indirectly, undue advantages in bodies of the direct and indirect public administration." The investigation, which will be sent to the Supreme Federal Court (STF), also alleges that the group committed the crimes of active and passive corruption, money laundering, bid rigging, and tax evasion.
Other side
In a statement, the Special Secretariat for Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic informed that Temer “did not participate and does not participate in any criminal organization.” “The president was also not part of any structure with the objective of obtaining, directly or indirectly, undue advantages in public administration bodies. President Temer regrets that unfounded insinuations, with the intention of trying to denigrate his honor and public image, are being leaked to the press before due consideration by the Justice system,” the statement said.
The press office of the Minister of the Civil House, Eliseu Padilha, informed that he will only comment "when and if there is a formal accusation against him that deserves a response."
Also through his press office, Minister Moreira Franco stated that he has never participated in any group for the practice of illegal acts. "I repudiate the suspicion. I will respond conclusively when I have access to the inquiry report. I regret having to speak about what I do not yet know. This is not democratic," the statement reads.
Henrique Eduardo Alves released a statement saying that he has been a member of the PMDB party for over 40 years and not a criminal organization. "The attempt to criminalize political activity weakens democracy, and his innocence will be proven throughout the process," he said.
Representatives for Geddel and Cunha were contacted but did not respond to the report by the time of publication.
Prisoners
Eduardo Cunha, Henrique Eduardo Alves, and Geddel Vieira Lima are imprisoned following investigations by Operation Lava Jato. Cunha has been imprisoned in Curitiba, by order of Judge Sérgio Moro, since October 19, 2016. In March 2017, he was sentenced to 15 years and four months in prison for the crimes of passive corruption, money laundering, and tax evasion, and on May 18, 2017, a new arrest warrant was issued by the court.
Eduardo Alves was arrested on June 6, 2017, by the Federal Police in Operation Manus, which investigated active and passive corruption and money laundering in the construction of the Arena das Dunas stadium in Natal.
Former minister Geddel Vieira Lima was arrested again last Friday (8), in Salvador, three days after the Federal Police found more than R$ 51 million, attributed to him, in an apartment. Previously, he had been preventively arrested on July 3, 2017, in Operation Greenfield, which investigates the embezzlement of pension funds.