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Temer Confirms Banco Master Consultancy and Urges STF Recusals in Probe

He says the case will gauge how Brazil handles conflicts of interest at its top court.

Overview

  • Michel Temer said he was hired by Banco Master for consultancy and mediation before the bank’s liquidation, received fees for the work, and ended the contract without results.
  • He argued that Supreme Federal Court justices with possible links to the case should step aside, noting that Justice Dias Toffoli has already recused himself in related matters.
  • He confirmed a Brasília meeting with controller Daniel Vorcaro, then–DF governor Ibaneis Rocha, and the then head of BRB, while saying attorney-client confidentiality limits what he can disclose.
  • He characterized the Master investigation as a fact-finding phase that should proceed with caution and said accountability should follow only if investigators prove irregularities.
  • He said it is too soon to gauge electoral fallout and suggested any sharper political effects will show closer to party conventions expected to start in July.