The new judge in the Lava Jato case will file a complaint with the National Council of the Public Prosecutor's Office against the prosecutor who requested the recusal of the magistrate.
Prosecutor Carolina Bonfadini de Sá accused Eduardo Appio of favoring Lula and claimed this position could hinder the Judiciary. But it was Sergio Moro who was convicted.
247 - The new judge of the 13th Federal Court of Curitiba (PR) in the Lava Jato Operation cases, Eduardo Appio, will go to the National Council of the Public Prosecutor's Office against prosecutor Carolina Bonfadini de Sá, who He asked the court to recuse him., accusing him of having a preference for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and that this political position could hinder the magistrate's work. The information about Appio's initiative was published this Friday (3) by the website the antagonist.
Despite the accusations made by the prosecutor, Appio's predecessor in Lava Jato, former judge and current senator Sérgio Moro (União Brasil-PR), was the target of an investigation because of excerpts from his conversations with prosecutors from the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office in Paraná (MPF-PR). Starting in 2019, The Intercept Brasil and other media outlets published the dialogues. Those responsible for publishing the messages showed that Moro acted as a kind of assistant prosecutor.
After removing Lula from the 2018 election by convicting him, Moro became Minister of Justice under Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in 2019. In 2021, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) confirmed the... decision previously rendered by the Second Chamber of the Court in the sense of declare Moro's bias in the proceedings against Lula.
In March 2022, the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) ruled that Dallagnol should donate the amount of R$ 75 to Lula because of the PowerPoint presentation in 2016, when Lava Jato accused the Workers' Party member without evidence.
In June of last year, Moro was defeated in the Regional Electoral Court of São Paulo (TRE-SP) and was prevented from running for senator for the state. He contested the election in Paraná, where he judged the first instance cases of Lava Jato.