Ex-Bolsonaro minister brokered contact between Vorcaro and Moraes, messages show: “Time to have a whisky”

Former Bolsonaro Communications Minister Fábio Faria acted as an intermediary between Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, according to messages obtained by Brazil’s Federal Police.

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Time to have a whisky

Police documents sent to Justice André Mendonça show that Faria passed Moraes’s phone number to Vorcaro on WhatsApp in late 2023. Vorcaro saved the number, and Faria soon followed up with a message mentioning “Alex” and “lunch on the 30th.” The documents say Moraes and Vorcaro met at least six times.

In January 2024, Faria asked Vorcaro whether he could speak because he planned to talk with an unnamed person identified in the exchange by a bald-man emoji. He also asked whether Vorcaro had “answered Vivi.” Two days later, on Jan. 17, the contact saved as “Vivi Moraes” sent the final version of a contract between Viviane Barci de Moraes, Moraes’s wife, and the Banco Master owner. Metadata showed that the document’s last modification had been made by a user named “Minister Alexandre de Moraes” on Jan. 15.

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The most important payment we have

Faria later told Vorcaro that he had confirmed a dinner with “the bald man” for early February. In March, Moraes said he could not have dinner but had time “to have a whisky.” Faria forwarded the exchange to Vorcaro, who warned that “the bald man cannot be delayed.” Police said Vorcaro then told aides that payments to the Barci de Moraes law firm could not be late by a day, calling them “the most important payment we have.” He later wrote to an employee, “you can always pay, without an invoice,” followed by “whatever way works.” A record then showed a R$3.4 million transfer from Banco Master to Viviane de Moraes’s firm. Faria’s press office had not responded.

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You can always pay, without an invoice