Tag: Sergio Moro

• Thursday, September 7th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  Lula's imprisonment “a big mistake” rules Brazil's STF

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled Wednesday that the evidence gathered in the Lava Jato case against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva must be suppressed because it was obtained illegally by then-judge Sergio Moro. The STF also said that the current president's imprisonment in that case was a mistake.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Former Judge and Minister Moro and key governors support Bolsonaro's reelection

  

  Brazil's incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro will receive the endorsement of the governors of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro in addition to that of former judge and minister Sergio Moro for the Oct. 30 runoff against Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of the Workers' Party, it was announced Tuesday.

• Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  UN Committee agrees Lula's conviction was against the law

  

  As incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro keeps closing in on the former head of State Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva ahead of this year's Oct. 2 elections, the United Nations Human Rights Committee Thursday ratified the PT leader's tights had been violated when he was tried and convicted for corruption in another episode of the Lava Jato saga.

• Friday, December 3rd 2021 - 20:22 UTC

  Brazil: Moro is a “shameless liar”, Bolsonaro says

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has called his former Justice Minister Sergio Moro a “shameless liar”

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 18:18 UTC

  Bolsonaro joins Liberal Party with 2022 elections in mind

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has joined the Liberal Party (PL) under which he will be able to seek reelection in October, next year. With Tuesday's move, Bolsonaro has left behind his discrepancies with the party leadership, most specifically with party chairman Valdemar da Costa Neto.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Moro wants to become Brazil's “third way” amid polarization, despite being a Bolsonarist option

  

  Former Lava Jato Judge Sergio Moro said he was “ready” to challenge President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva in the October 2022 elections.

• Friday, November 12th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro critical of former Justice Minister Moro

  

  Former Lava Jato judge Sergio Moro took most of President Jair Bolsonaro's verbal flak Thursday as the head of state launched a social program devised to bring some relief to the population most affected by the economic crisis.

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 19:38 UTC

  Brazil, 20th judicial win for former leader Lula

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday achieved his 20th judicial victory after yet another case against him was dismissed due to lack of evidence.

• Thursday, March 25th 2021 - 07:14 UTC

  Sergio Moro's ruling on Lula was biased, says Brazil's Supreme Court

  

  In a 3-2 split ruling, Brazil's Supreme Court Tuesday determined that Judge Sergio Moro's sentencing of former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (2003-2011) on corruption charges in the Lava Jate case was biased.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro puts pressure on Supreme Court to end investigation

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro expects the Supreme Court to find no wrongdoing and end an investigation into potential political interference in the federal police, according to a statement from the presidential palace on Monday.