Overview
- Supreme Court minister André Mendonça granted habeas corpus allowing businessman Thiago Schettini to skip the session.
- Former INSS payments coordinator Jucimar Fonseca sent a medical certificate, though the Senate medical board assessed he could testify.
- Commission leaders said they will reissue summonses and keep pressing toward the alleged political core of the scheme.
- The fourth phase of Operation Sem Desconto arrested Stefanutto and others over suspected kickbacks and fraud tied to INSS payroll deductions.
- Some CPMI members cite Senator Weverton Rocha and former minister Carlos Lupi as possible future targets for investigators, a prospect still under development.