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Bolsonaro minister who jailed Lula takes leave after leaks cast doubt on impartiality
Source: The Guardian
Bolsonaro minister who jailed Lula takes leave after leaks cast doubt on impartiality
Sérgio Moro became a national hero for his role as a judge in the sweeping graft scandal Operation Car Wash
Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Mon 8 Jul 2019 20.57 BST Last modified on Mon 8 Jul 2019 22.17 BST
Brazil’s justice minister, Sérgio Moro, has been granted a leave of absence following a slew of damaging leaks that have cast serious doubts over his impartiality as a judge in a sweeping graft scandal.
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s far-right president, approved the break, from 15-19 July, for Moro to “deal with personal matters”, according to an official government document published on Monday.
The ministry said Moro will be on holiday, but analysts speculated Moro’s job was threatened following leaked cellphone chats which showed that as a judge, he guided prosecutors in the investigation which led to the imprisonment of powerful businessmen and politicians including the former Workers’ party president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The leaks, published since 9 June by the Intercept with some of Brazil’s major media outlets, have unleashed a political storm.
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Sérgio Moro became a national hero for his role as a judge in the sweeping graft scandal Operation Car Wash
Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Mon 8 Jul 2019 20.57 BST Last modified on Mon 8 Jul 2019 22.17 BST
Brazil’s justice minister, Sérgio Moro, has been granted a leave of absence following a slew of damaging leaks that have cast serious doubts over his impartiality as a judge in a sweeping graft scandal.
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s far-right president, approved the break, from 15-19 July, for Moro to “deal with personal matters”, according to an official government document published on Monday.
The ministry said Moro will be on holiday, but analysts speculated Moro’s job was threatened following leaked cellphone chats which showed that as a judge, he guided prosecutors in the investigation which led to the imprisonment of powerful businessmen and politicians including the former Workers’ party president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The leaks, published since 9 June by the Intercept with some of Brazil’s major media outlets, have unleashed a political storm.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/08/moro-lula-leaks-bolosnaro-justice-minister-takes-leave-brazil
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