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Brazil's Supreme Court Partially Archives Chico Rodrigues Case, Sends Rest to Federal Court in Roraima

Prosecutors said the main allegations lacked sufficient evidence, prompting a jurisdiction shift for deeper fact-finding.

Overview

  • Justice Flávio Dino accepted the Prosecutor General’s request to close specific lines of inquiry at the Supreme Court.
  • The archived items include the episode involving cash found during a 2020 police search, alleged use of aides for private tasks, and claims about Air Force flights.
  • Remaining strands move to the federal bench in Roraima to probe suspected irregularities in pandemic procurements, possible illegal gun possession, and favoritism toward companies.
  • The Prosecutor General, Paulo Gonet, wrote that the initial theory tying contracts to the senator’s amendments did not hold up after investigative steps.
  • The case may return to the Supreme Court if new evidence links any crimes to the exercise of the mandate, with local authorities able to pursue data extractions and financial and banking secrecy lifts.