The senator’s entry into the panel was a matter of time. The opposition had been repeating for months that the crimes began in Bahia. Back then, during Lava Jato, the police found 15 luxury watches in the senator’s house. One of them, a gift from the construction company Odebrecht, was valued by the Federal Police at US$20,000.
He explained that they were Chinese imitations. Ten years passed, the PF went there and found watches again. The senator said again that they were Chinese imitations. The rerun transforms Wagner into a rare case of a collector of Chinese forgeries.
The had already left a fingerprint in Daniel Vorcaro’s path when former Finance Minister Guido Mantega took him to the end of 2024.
In 2016, when part of the PT was caught by Lava Jato, Wagner said that “the PT got dirty”. On Thursday, the government leader in the Senate smeared himself.
After the Mensalão and the Petrolão, the PT was . See how you deal with him on the eve of an election.
The PF’s diligence still has a long way to go. In 2025, before his first arrest, Daniel Vorcaro allegedly threatened to “tell the Master’s entire story”. At the risk of molding himself in a cell, Vorcaro pretended, twice, to tell the Master’s story; his plea bargain proposals were selective and were rejected.
There is a curiosity in Vorcaro’s trajectory. Until 2020, his contacts with the brass of the Brasília group were rare. He was known for his million-dollar parties and the liberality with which he used female services to entertain guests. When he realized he was sitting on a pyramid, Vorcaro ran over.
He promoted farofas on the Elizabeth Arden circuit. His brother-in-law bought the resort from the family of a Supreme Court minister. His bank hired someone else’s wife for big money, who flew in his jets. Cherry on the cake: Guido Mantega took it to Lula without registering it on the agenda, and senator Ciro Nogueira presented a project that raised the coverage limit of the Credit Guarantee Fund (FGC) from R$250,000 to R$1 million. Furthermore, he decided to finance a film that would tell the life of former president Jair Bolsonaro to premiere during his son, Flávio’s campaign.
With another arm, according to the Federal Police, Vorcaro maintained a private militia to break the teeth of journalist Lauro Jardim. This crime was intended.
These were the actions of a radioactive banker, dealing with politicians based on the image he had of them. The facts showed that their targets were well chosen.
Unless he offers sincere collaboration, Vorcaro will spend years in a penitentiary, as did the patron of his class, the American Charles Ponzi (1882-1949), who served 14 years in prison. Afterwards, he came to Brazil and died poor in Rio.
The arrival of the Federal Police to Jaques Wagner showed Vorcaro that speaking could become the best deal of his life. Perhaps he realized what several bigwigs did not: the Federal Police knows much more than the untouchables of Brasília assume.
Time bomb
After the Federal Police’s action, Senator Jaques Wagner became a time bomb in the government leadership.
If the opposition could, it would send a petition to Planalto asking it to maintain it until October.
Reimbursement
Senator Jaques Wagner could redeem himself for the promiscuity he maintained with Augusto Lima, former partner of Daniel Vorcaro, by donating five tickets to Taylor Swift shows to the Bahian students best placed in the Enem.
They would travel on the jet of one of the doctor’s friends.
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