The Attorney General of the Republic, spoke out this Tuesday (6) in favor of closing the investigation against the senator (PSB-RR), due to lack of evidence. The parliamentarian was
The PGR stated that, despite the way the values were found, it was not possible to demonstrate the illicit origin of the money.
The statement was sent on December 28th to the minister of the (Supreme Federal Court), rapporteur of the case.
According to the statement, without the minimum demonstration of the criminal origin of the values, the crime of money laundering does not arise.
The archiving request was partial. In the same document, the PGR requested that the case be sent to the Federal Court of Roraima for facts that still require investigation, such as the direction of emergency contracts in favor of the company Quantum Empreendimentos em Saúde, with signs of overpricing and embezzlement.
Rodrigues under suspicion of involvement in embezzlement of public resources intended to combat Covid-19.
“With regard to the cash values seized at the residence of the senator of the Republic, during the search and seizure measures carried out on 10/14/2020 — both those located in safes and those found in his underwear —, it was not possible to demonstrate the illicit origin of the money”, said the PGR to the STF.
According to Gonet, the fact that the parliamentarian hid the money also does not mean, in itself, an attempt to hinder the investigations.
“Nor were sufficient elements created to characterize the crime as embarrassing the investigation of a criminal organization, since the subsumption of this conduct requires concrete demonstration that the concealment was intended to frustrate or hinder the investigation of a specific criminal offense linked to a criminal organization,” he stated.
In October 2020, the PF found the values with Chico Rodrigues in an operation carried out in Roraima against . At the time, he was deputy leader of the Bolsonaro (PL) government in the Senate.
Around R$30,000 was found in the parliamentarian’s house.
Launched by the PF and the CGU (General Comptroller of the Union), Operation Desvid-19 aimed to collect information on the diversion of public resources arising from parliamentary amendments. Each congressman is entitled to R$15 million per year in amendments to the Union Budget.
The amounts were intended to combat the Covid-19 pandemic — resources administered by the Roraima Health Department.
Last September, the Sheet showed that the allocation of parliamentary amendments to it skyrocketed and reached R$37 million in 2025 alone. It is the largest volume raised by the body at least since 2020 and included resources sent by congressmen investigated by the corporation, including senator Chico Rodrigues.
When contacted, the senator’s advisor said that the amendment “must have been a request from the PF superintendence in Roraima”, the parliamentarian’s state. He also stated that “all bodies ask for it” and that “it is like this every year”. The senator with any illegal act.
During a public hearing of the Public Security Commission, in July, the general director of the PF for the allocation of parliamentary amendments from the group to the PF.
