STF Authorizes PF Raids Targeting Ex-Lira Aide in Secret-Budget Emendas Investigation

Overview

• Federal Police launched Operation Transparência in Brasília with two search warrants at Mariângela Fialek’s home and offices in the Chamber, seizing her cellphone and documents.
• Minister Flávio Dino’s decision cites strong indications that Fialek operationalized the allocation and redirection of amendments supposedly in the name of then-speaker Arthur Lira, who is not a target.
• Backed by a PGR opinion, the ruling authorized telephonic and telematic data breaks and ordered Fialek’s suspension from any role tied to the handling of emendas during the probe.
• Evidence detailed in the case includes a handwritten note likened to a “bakery tab” that redirected funds between Ceará municipalities, internal spreadsheets tracking ‘reserves,’ and testimonies describing pressure, Alagoas-focused lists and use of Codevasf.
• In a separate development, the PF indicted deputy Gustavo Gayer for peculato, ideological falsity and criminal association over alleged diversion of his parliamentary expense funds, sending the report to the STF.