Vaza Jato

Vaza Jato
Scandal
Vaza Jato Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sérgio Moro Deltan Dallagnol Glenn Greenwald Rodrigo Janot Alberto Youssef Eike Batista Marcelo Odebrecht
Companies Petrobras Odebrecht
News media The Intercept Veja Folha de S.Paulo Le Figaro El País The Washington Post
Judges Gilmar Ferreira Mendes Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski Kássio Nunes Marques José Antonio Dias Toffoli Luiz Fux Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha Luiz Edson Fachin
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Vaza Jato, roughly meaning Car Wash Leaks (a word play with "Operation Car Wash" and "Leaks" - Lava Jato and Vaza, in Portuguese), is the term used by the Brazilian press for leaked conversations in the Telegram app about the actions, decisions and positions of officials conducting investigations for Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato). These officials include former judge Sergio Moro^[1] and prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol.^[2][3] The conversations were reported by the journalist Glenn Greenwald of The Intercept Brasil and by Brazilian conservative magazine Veja in June 2019.^[4][5][6]

The transcripts of the private chats^[7] would indicate that Moro provided insider information to prosecutors, assisting the Federal Prosecutor's Office (MPF) in building cases, as well as directing the prosecution, requesting operations against relatives of witnesses, suggesting modification in the phases of the Lava Jato operation. They also showed agility in new operations, strategic advice, providing informal clues, and resource suggestions to the MPF to convict the former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on corruption charges.^[8][9][10]

The leaks had wide repercussions. Sergio Moro, the Lava Jato task force and the MPF, to defend themselves against the accusations, questioned the authenticity and origin of the data.^[11][12]