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Brazil’s Federal Prosecution Council opens case into Gonet over conversations with Daniel Vorcaro

From Estadão · () Portuguese

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  • Brazil’s Federal Prosecution Council opened an investigation into Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet after messages involving banker Daniel Vorcaro were disclosed.
  • The Novo party asked that Gonet be temporarily removed from investigations involving Banco Master, arguing that his involvement could compromise prosecutorial impartiality.
  • A Federal Police report said Gonet accepted an invitation to a whisky and cigar gathering in London and asked that his son attend an event paid for by the banker.

Brazil’s Federal Prosecution Council has opened a procedure to investigate Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet after conversations between him and Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro became public.

The decision followed a request from the Novo party, which also called for Gonet’s precautionary removal from investigations involving Banco Master, including Operation Compliance Zero. That case is being handled by Supreme Federal Court Justice André Mendonça. If the request succeeds, a deputy prosecutor general would replace Gonet in the proceedings.

Novo argued that Gonet should not oversee a criminal case involving discussions directed at himself or a family member. “While the subject of the investigation includes dealings directed at the Prosecutor General or a family member, responsibility for the public criminal action before the Supreme Federal Court, within that scope, cannot be exercised by the Prosecutor General himself without compromising the objective impartiality required of the prosecution,” the party said in its request.

While the subject of the investigation includes dealings directed at the Prosecutor General or a family member, responsibility for the public criminal action before the Supreme Federal Court, within that scope, cannot be exercised by the Prosecutor General himself without compromising the objective impartiality required of the prosecution.

· Novo partyThe party used this argument in its request to remove Gonet from investigations involving Banco Master.

A Federal Police report said Vorcaro sent messages to Gonet through an intermediary, lawyer Ciro Soares. The messages showed Gonet accepting an invitation to a whisky and cigar tasting in London and asking for his son to be included in the event, which the businessman was funding.

“Great!!!! Hopefully there will be cigars and Macallan,” Gonet wrote after accepting the invitation, according to the report. The private gathering also included Supreme Federal Court justices Alexandre de Moraes and Dias Toffoli. Gonet reportedly told Vorcaro that he missed him and called him “animal” approvingly after the banker agreed to his son’s attendance.

Great!!!! Hopefully there will be cigars and Macallan.

· Paulo GonetThe message was sent after Gonet accepted an invitation to a London gathering funded by Daniel Vorcaro.
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