Temer, 78, is the second Brazilian president to be jailed in connection with Lava Jato
Former Brazilian President Michel Temer, shown waving during a ceremony at the Planalto presidential palace, has been arrested in connection with the ongoing Operation Car Wash corruption investigation.Brazilian federal police arrested former president Michel Temer on Thursday morning at his home in Sao Paulo, less than three months after he left office, in connection with corruption allegations as part of the sweeping Lava Jato investigation.
Mr. Temer has faced a raft of corruption, racketeering and obstruction of justice charges – Judge Marcelo Fretas, in the document ordering the arrest, called him “the head of a criminal organization.” Mr. Temer had previously avoided charges by invoking the protections of his office, and doling out favours to lawmakers to avoid impeachment that would have stripped him of immunity. He lost those protections when he left office on Jan. 1.
But, he added, it’s also an important demonstration of power by Sergio Moro, the judge who presided over Lava Jato until he was named justice minister in the new government of Jair Bolsonaro. “He’s showing that he isn’t tamed because he is in government now, and that Lava Jato is still strong,” Prof. Santoro said
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