Lula Orders Expulsion Process for CGU Auditor After Brasília Assault Video

Overview

• President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he instructed CGU chief Vinícius de Carvalho to open a process to hold the employee accountable and seek his removal from public service.
• The employee was identified as David Cosac Junior, 49, a CGU staffer captured on security footage on December 7 assaulting a woman and her four-year-old son in Águas Claras, Brasília.
• Lula condemned the attack as a cowardly assault in a post on X and framed the case as a matter requiring a firm public response given the assailant’s federal post.
• The CGU had already referred the case to its Corregedoria and Ethics Commission, opened a preliminary responsibility probe, revoked the worker’s substitute-chief designation, and barred his entry to CGU buildings.
• Officials said criminal accountability must be pursued by competent authorities, and reports said no arrest had been made as of the latest coverage.