PGR Backs Extension for PF to Complete STJ Decision‑Sale Investigation

Overview

• The filing by Prosecutor‑General Paulo Gonet to STF relator Cristiano Zanin supports giving the Federal Police more time, citing missing full extractions from seized electronics and incomplete analyses of banking flows and possible money‑laundering elements.
• Gonet argues the precautionary measures should remain in place, including the removal of investigated STJ staffers, noting robust indications of a complex scheme even as specific gaps are addressed.
• A partial PF report described a ‘parallel market of influence’ involving STJ aides, intermediaries and lawyers, with messages in coded language and high‑value contracts allegedly used to secure pre‑arranged decisions.
• The PGR questioned uncorroborated hypotheses such as ‘communication shielding’ and alleged prepaid card use, pressed for identification of the affected cases, and recorded the company Fource’s public denial of PF’s assertions.
• No minister is under investigation, some aides were previously dismissed or remain suspended, the STJ says it is cooperating, and Zanin will set the new deadline and determine the next investigative steps under court secrecy.