Toffoli Recuses From Master Cases as Zanin Denies Immediate CPI and STF Sets Vote on Vorcaro’s Detention

Overview

• Cristiano Zanin rejected a request to force the Chamber to immediately install a Banco Master CPI, saying there was no unequivocal proof of unconstitutional omission and noting the short time since the filing.
• Dias Toffoli declared himself suspect for both the review of Daniel Vorcaro’s preventive arrest and the CPI mandamus, withdrawing from the cases for reasons of foro íntimo.
• The STF’s Second Panel will decide on March 13 in a virtual session whether to uphold André Mendonça’s March 4 order that jailed Vorcaro during the third phase of Operation Compliance Zero.
• Mendonça’s measures included preventive arrests, searches at 15 locations, removals from public posts and asset seizures of up to R$ 22 billion, with Vorcaro transferred to a federal facility in Brasília.
• Documents and PF reports cite a costly April 2024 whisky event in London financed by Vorcaro and messages from his seized phone referencing high‑level contacts, fueling congressional CPI initiatives and scrutiny, even as PGR Paulo Gonet criticizes the operation’s pace.