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BRASILIA (Reuters) - A day after overturning graft convictions of Brazil's leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Supreme Court was split on Tuesday on whether to throw out evidence against him, which could clear his name ahead of a possible 2022 presidential run.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was thrust back into Brazil’s political scene after a judge tossed out criminal convictions against the leftist icon, adding to investor concerns that the country’s reform agenda may be derailed by early campaigning for the 2022 presidential election. The federal court in the southern city of Curitiba had no jurisdiction over cases against the former president, including ones that led to sentences for bribery, Justice Edson Fachin wrote in a statement on Monday. The news sent stocks and the currency cratering, deepening some of the worst performances this year at...
But for the past two years, leaked Telegram messages have revealed Moro’s bias against Lula, the Workers' Party and the left. They also show the judge guiding prosecutors to help their case for conviction. Moro would go on to join President Bolsonaro as his justice minister. Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that Lula’s lawyers could use these leaked messages in his defense. Despite the annulment of Lula’s convictions, the top court decided Tuesday that it would still adjudicate over Moro’s bias, in a ruling that could have disastrous consequences for the former judge’s political ...
Lula's palaces Jose Inacio Lula da Silva (aka Lula, as he is called in Brazil), the convicted and disgraced ex-President of Brazil, was acquitted on all counts on Tuesday, March 9. Lula was also given the green light to participate in the 2022 presidential campaign. What the world liberal media presented as the world's largest anti-corruption operation has ended up ingloriously with conspiracy accusations against the US-disloyal politician. The ex-president of Brazil from the leftist Workers' Party (PT) was twice convicted on two cases related to Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato) in the state of...
The Brazilian Supreme Court was divided on Tuesday on overturning graft convictions of ex-president Lula da Silva, which could definitively clear his name ahead of a possible 2022 presidential election if he decides to run.