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Vaza Jato, roughly meaning Car Wash Leaks (a word play with "Operation Car Wash" and "Leaks" – Lava Jato and Vaza, in Portuguese), is the term used by the Brazilian press for leaked conversations in the Telegram app about the actions, decisions and positions of officials conducting investigations for Operation Car Wash (Operação Lava Jato). These officials include former judge Sergio Moro[1] and prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol.[2][3] The conversations were reported by the journalist Glenn Greenwald of The Intercept Brasil and by Brazilian conservative magazine Veja in June 2019.[4][5][6]
The transcripts of the private chats[7] would indicate that Moro provided insider information to prosecutors, assisting the Federal Prosecutor's Office (MPF) in building cases, as well as directing the prosecution, requesting operations against relatives of witnesses, suggesting modification in the phases of the Lava Jato operation. They also showed agility in new operations, strategic advice, providing informal clues, and resource suggestions to the MPF to convict the former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on corruption charges.[8][9][10]
The leaks had wide repercussions. Sergio Moro, the Car Wash task force and the MPF, to defend themselves against the accusations, questioned the authenticity and origin of the data.[11][12]
- ^ McCoy, Terrence. "He's the 'hero' judge who oversaw Brazil's vast Car Wash corruption probe. Now he's facing his own scandal". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ Phillips, Dom (2019-07-08). "Bolsonaro minister who jailed Lula takes leave after leaks cast doubt on impartiality". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ "Carwash Scandal Sparks Calls for Brazil's Moro to Resign". Bloomberg.com. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ Fishman, Andrew; Martins, Rafael Moro; Demori, Leandro; Greenwald, Glenn; Audi, Amanda (2019-06-17). ""Their Little Show": Exclusive: Brazilian Judge in Car Wash Corruption Case Mocked Lula's Defense and Secretly Directed Prosecutors' Media Strategy During Trial". The Intercept. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ Greenwald, Glenn; Pougy, Victor (2019-07-05). "Scandal for Bolsonaro's Justice Minister Sergio Moro Grows as The Intercept Partners With Brazil's Largest Magazine for New Exposé". The Intercept. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
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:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Leia todas as reportagens que o Intercept e parceiros produziram para a Vaza Jato". The Intercept Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-01-21.
- ^ Fishman, Andrew; Martins, Rafael Moro; Demori, Leandro; Santi, Alexandre de; Greenwald, Glenn (2019-06-09). "Breach of Ethics: Exclusive: Leaked Chats Between Brazilian Judge and Prosecutor Who Imprisoned Lula Reveal Prohibited Collaboration and Doubts Over Evidence". The Intercept. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ "Sergio Moro investigado por violações de direitos humanos". Extra Classe (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ Cittadino, Gisele (2018), Cittadino, Gisele; Proner, Carol; Ricobom, Gisele; Dornelles, João Ricardo (eds.), "The multiple and perverse meanings of Sérgio Moro's sentence", Comments on a notorious verdict, the trial of Lula, CLACSO, pp. 62–64, doi:10.2307/j.ctvn96gjp.15, JSTOR j.ctvn96gjp.15
- ^ Londoño, Ernesto; Casado, Letícia (2019-06-10). "Leaked Messages Raise Fairness Questions in Brazil Corruption Inquiry". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ "Crisis for Bolsonaro's justice minister Sergio Moro after leaks reveal that he targeted Lula for political prosecution". Boing Boing. 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-10-15.