The ministers of the (Federal Supreme Court) and gave up on going to a legal congress in Spain that will have the participation of one of the members of a law firm that defends , owner of .
A former member of , of which the minister was a member, also sits at the table at the event.
Mendonça withdrew from going to the event after having something to do with the Master. The decision, according to the minister told interlocutors, was taken out of prudence. Fux also canceled his participation.
The event, called the 2nd Ibero-Brazilian Congress on Global Governance, will take place between the 23rd and 25th of February in Salamanca, Spain.
On the first day of the congress, a panel on organized crime and public security will be chaired by Igor Tamasauskas, from the firm Bottini & Tamasauskas, who defends Vorcaro and businessman Alberto Leite, from the FS group.
Also on the first day, Leite will be at a table on democracy, elections and digital sovereignty. He is a friend of Toffoli and was a partner at Tayayá for five months, shortly after the minister’s family sold its stake in the hotel.
The withdrawals of Mendonça and Fux were initially reported by the newspaper O Globo and confirmed by Sheet.
The event in Spain will be attended by two retired STF ministers, Ricardo Lewandowski and Luís Roberto Barroso.
It also foresees the participation of five members of the STJ (Superior Court of Justice): Teodoro Silva Santos, Ricardo Villas Bôas Cueva, Joel Ilan Paciornik, Benedito Gonçalves and Afrânio Vilela. Another higher court representative is Alexandre Ramos, from the TST (Superior Labor Court).
Toffoli and Leite’s friendship has been public since the minister attended the 2024 Champions League final, held at Wembley Stadium, in London, in the businessman’s box, at the time. The STF.
Leite was at Tayayá at the end of last year to meet Toffoli. A plane in the name of RNZ Holding, owned by the businessman, arrived on December 28 at Ourinhos airport, the closest to the resort, and left the following day. , as shown in the daily log of the minister’s security guards.
The businessman has already recognized Sheet who is a friend of Toffoli, but points out that there is no business with the minister’s family. “It should be noted, therefore, that neither Alberto Leite nor any of his companies had or have corporate ties or commercial relations with Minister Dias Toffoli or his family members”, stated Leite’s team.
