PGR says there are no ‘signs of illegality’ in Moraes’ wife’s contract with Master

The Attorney General of the Republic, , stated that there is no concrete evidence to investigate the suspicions that the Minister of would have pressured the president of the Central Bank, about supervision at Banco Master.

“In a preliminary analysis, it is imperative to highlight the absolute absence of minimum evidentiary support to support the accusation formulated. Both the defendant and the president of the Central Bank denied, in a peremptory and convergent manner, the occurrence of any pressure exerted by the Minister on the interests of Banco Master. Despite the media repercussion of the case, the press vehicles did not present concrete elements or material evidence that corroborates the thesis of intimidation, leaving the narrative in the field of assumptions”, wrote Gonet.

For the prosecutor, despite the reports published on the topic, there are no “concrete elements or material evidence” about the fact. According to revelations from the newspaper ‘O Globo’, Moraes would have called Galípolo six times to discuss the matter. .

The attorney general also pointed out that he sees no signs of illegality in a R$129 million contract between Master and the law firm of Viviane Barci de Moraes, the minister’s wife. Therefore, Gonet filed a request for investigation into these facts, filed by lawyer Ênio Martins Murad, who presented the request for investigation to Gonet on December 24th. The filing was signed by Gonet three days later.

“With regard to the aforementioned contract between Doctor Viviane Barci de Moraes and Banco Master, there is no a priori envisage of any illegality that would justify the intervention of this instance. Interference in legal transactions signed between private individuals is outside the scope of action and competence of the Supreme Court, especially when protected by the autonomy intrinsic to the liberal activity of the legal profession”, he wrote.

*With information from Estadão Conteúdo