Overview

• Federal police asked STF justice Cristiano Zanin to authorize expanded inquiries into alleged sales of rulings at the STJ, opening lines of investigation that include a minister’s daughter and new intermediaries linked to Fource.
• A partial PF report identifies Fource and partners Haroldo Augusto Filho and Valdoir Slapak as the scheme’s core, citing lobbyist Andreson de Oliveira Gonçalves and slain lawyer Roberto Zampieri as key go-betweens.
• Cloud data reviewed by investigators indicate roughly R$4 million in transfers from Andreson to a company tied to the spouse of STJ server Márcio Toledo Pinto while draft decisions from minister Isabel Gallotti’s office were allegedly shared.
• With Luís Roberto Barroso’s early retirement, Lula is weighing a nominee viewed as likely to include AGU chief Jorge Messias, with Rodrigo Pacheco and Bruno Dantas also discussed, and the successor expected to inherit 900-plus cases including Lava Jato and the ADPF on Rio favela operations.
• After the alternative IOF measure lapsed, creating an estimated R$46 billion gap through 2026, the government dismissed Centrão-linked appointees at Caixa, Agriculture superintendencies and DNIT, and is weighing up to R$10 billion in blocked amendments alongside new tax options such as targeting fintechs.