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AGU says it did not act for Federal Police to remove Mendonça because it would be ‘procedural intervention’

From Estadão · () Portuguese

Translated from Portuguese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Brazil’s Solicitor General’s Office said it rejected a Federal Police request to file a case against Supreme Court Justice André Mendonça.
  • The office said such action could constitute procedural intervention and create legal risks or nullities in investigations involving Banco Master.
  • Solicitor General Jorge Messias said he sought solutions with the justice and defended dialogue among the institutions.

Brazil’s Solicitor General’s Office said it refused a request from the Federal Police to take action against Supreme Court Justice André Mendonça because the move could amount to “procedural intervention.”

The office said lawyers had spent recent months examining the police request. They concluded that an AGU action aimed at weakening Mendonça’s role as rapporteur could lead to nullities in proceedings linked to Banco Master.

procedural intervention

· Advocacia-Geral da UniãoThe AGU’s characterization of the action requested by the Federal Police.

“The constitutional mission of the AGU is to defend the Union and preserve the public interest, always within the limits established by the Constitution and the law,” the office said in a statement issued Friday. It added that the AGU lacked the legal authority to act in the criminal sphere in the manner requested, and that the proposed intervention could create legal and institutional risks for investigations under way at the Supreme Court.

The constitutional mission of the AGU is to defend the Union and preserve the public interest, always within the limits established by the Constitution and the law.

· Advocacia-Geral da UniãoThe office explained the legal basis for rejecting the request.

Jorge Messias said he had tried to find ways to address the Federal Police’s requests with Mendonça. The AGU said institutional dialogue should guide the handling of the dispute.

The Federal Police believes Mendonça authorized requests to investigative teams “without specific authorization” when he ordered the preparation of a report exposing messages from Daniel Vorcaro to Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

without specific authorization

· Federal PoliceThe police’s criticism of Mendonça’s authorization of requests to investigative teams.
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Originally published by Estadão in Portuguese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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