Thread by @ggreenwald

Brazilian Supreme Court just invalidated the criminal convictions of ex-President Lula da Silva, restoring his political rights and rendering him eligible to run against Bolsonaro in 2022. He was leading all polls when convicted in 2018.

The court ruled the corrupt judge and prosecutors who convicted Lula, @SF_Moro, had no right even to take the case. That was the subject of one of the first articles we published in our exposés:

theintercept.com/2019/06/09/bra…

Deltan e Moro sabiam desde o início que o caso de Lula não cabia em Lava Jato/Curitiba. Mas eles queriam nas mãos de Moro - eles sabiam que ele estava trapaceando e iriam condenar Lula - então eles se envolveram em truques para mantê-lo lá. Nosso primeiro dia de #VazaJato:

"E, assim, o caso parou no colo do aliado Sergio Moro."

theintercept.com/2019/06/09/dal…

Mais aqui: 👇

Quando a história de Lava Jato for escrita, os dois mais corruptos envolvidos serão Sergio Moro e Deltan Dallagnol.

https://twitter.com/demori/status/1369001761185411074

Deltan deveria estar na prisão.

Walter Delgatti é um herói que deveria ser livre.

Dia triste para @RedeGlobo.

Bem quietinho, @SF_Moro.

Here's an amazing excerpt from the interview I did with Lula in May, 2019 -- when he was still unjustly imprisoned. It was weeks before we began our exposés (he didn't know we had the archive). He speaks about the collusion between his corrupt prosecutors/judge & the press:

Lula, whatever you think of his politics, is always very interesting and insightful. Here's the full interview I did with him: we talked not just the corrupt prosecution that put him in that prison but also much about international politics (and Trump):

Os principais parceiros e propagandistas de Moro, Deltan e LJ eram a Globo - um abandono completo do jornalismo. Assim como seu apoio à ditadura, isso deve manchar seu legado para sempre:

theintercept.com/2021/02/09/nam…

After a Brazilian Supreme Court judge yesterday invalidated the convictions of ex-President Lula on the ground @SF_Moro lacked authority to judge him, a separate judge today is deciding if Moro was biased & acted unethically: the core revelation of our reporting.

Story up soon.

The Brazilian judge overseeing the "anti-corruption" Car Wash probe, @SF_Moro, became such a national and international icon that few would oppose him. He was named to the TIME 100 list. He became Bolsonaro's Justice Minister.

Now he's in disgrace: the real criminal all along.

Look at Lula's persecutor, Sergio Moro: the pomposity, the flamboyant peacock-like displays of moralism and integrity, the endless proclamations that he is the Father of Probity -- Brazil's little @Comey, though even more discredited and awash in corruption.