The record reinforces suspicions against Cunha in the Lava Jato corruption scandal.
According to testimony from money launderer Alberto Youssef, in a plea bargain, Eduardo Cunha submitted a request to investigate a supplier to the state-owned company that allegedly interrupted the payment of bribes, Mitsui; to the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI), the Speaker of the House denied any connection with the requests, but his name appears linked to the case in the House's electronic records; when questioned, he said that an employee of a former congresswoman may have used his office to draft the document.
247 - Investigated by the STF (Supreme Federal Court) on charges of having benefited from the Petrobras bribery scheme, Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ) appears in the Chamber's records as the "author" of a request that was allegedly used to blackmail a company.
According to testimony given by money launderer Alberto Youssef in a plea bargain, Cunha submitted a request to investigate a supplier to the state-owned company that allegedly stopped paying bribes, Mitsui.
In his testimony to the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry, the Speaker of the House denied any connection to the requests, but his name appears linked to the case in the House's electronic records.
When questioned, he says that an employee of a former congresswoman may have used his office to draft the document (read closest).