Overview

• The committee approved urgent subpoenas for Tânia Carvalho dos Santos, Romeu Carvalho Antunes, Rubens Oliveira Costa, Milton Salvador de Almeida Júnior, Cecília Montalvão and lawyer Nelson Wilians to testify on September 18.
• The move follows an STF injunction by Minister André Mendonça that made appearances optional, after which Antônio Carlos Camilo Antunes and Maurício Camisotti declined to attend scheduled depositions.
• CPMI leaders said they will pursue a legislative change to limit habeas corpus effects on CPI attendance, a proposal still under discussion and not yet formalized as a bill.
• The panel highlighted roughly 400 approved secrecy breaks and information requests to underpin its final report and cautioned that absentees may still be indicted.
• Defense lawyers contend relatives can refuse to testify and plan court challenges, while Senator Cid Gomes objected that the new subpoenas could affect ongoing police actions.