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Judge Drops Portion of Corruption Charges against Lula
Former president, however, will continue to be held responsible for crimes such as influence peddling
Jul.25.2019 1:08PM
Fábio Fabrini
BRASÍLIA
Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) will not face criminal charges that claimed he received R$20 million to help Odebrecht obtain business in Angola.
The petista, however, will continue to face charges for a portion of the crimes in this case, including passive corruption and influence peddling.
The decision was taken on Tuesday (23) by a Brasilia judge, analyzing the defendants' written responses to the complaint made by the MPF (Federal Public Prosecutor). The case was investigated in Operation Janus.
Oliveira acquitted Lula of the crime of criminal organization because he is facing the same offense in another case. For him, this is a double charge, which leads to "summary acquittal."
More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2019/07/judge-drops-portion-of-corruption-charges-against-lula.shtml
(Once Bolsonaro is sure the people will NOT return him to the Presidency, as they had been waiting to do when the right brought these charges against him, then they will finally release him.)
