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by throwaway10144 2002 days ago
It is definitely a weird choice to say that he is the "organized crime person of the year" when the biggest criminal organization in brazil (PCC) was caught in a wiretap last year complaining that Bolsonaro's government was too harsh on them, and alluding to having a great dialogue with former leftist leaders[0].

It is true that his son has been accused of hiring "phantom" employees, but to say it was on Bolsonaro's behalf is pure speculation, in fact there are zero corruption charges against him. I personally find the whole Hunder Biden episode to be a lot more damning than that and I am not ready to say Joe Biden deserves to be held responsible for it.

It is also worth noting there is no "OCCRP" award against Lula, former Brazil's president, who was in fact tried, charged, and imprisioned through a lengthy and fair judicial process - that really makes you question the true motives of this award. Are speculations more important than the due process of the law?

[0] https://veja.abril.com.br/brasil/preso-do-pcc-o-pt-tinha-dia...
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marcosdumay 2002 days ago
> was caught in a wiretap last year complaining that Bolsonaro's government was too harsh on them

Yes, that indeed happened. But, of course, the person responsible for that harshness was already expelled from the government, and it's on the process of undoing all of his modifications.

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throwaway10144 2002 days ago
Moro resigned, in no way was he expelled of the government. Bolsonaro's stance has always been to be harsh on crime, and that's one of the reasons Moro accepted the invite in the first place. The fact that he left due to disagreements with the president does not mean that the government's stance on crime has changed.
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lvass 2002 days ago
Expelled? Sério Moro? Do you think it is fun to blatantly lie to people with little knowledge on this matter?
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ibrahimcesar 2002 days ago
"imprisioned through a lengthy and fair judicial process" - which was conducted by a judge that was Justice Minister for Bolsonaro, and left, accusing him of corruption when trying to take control of federal policy. The judicial process was not take to full extent, and with all this context is mostly likely to all charges be removed against him.
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throwaway10144 2002 days ago
Several judges including the Supreme Court[0] ruled against him. To say that he was in prison because of a single biased judge is pure denial and borderline a conspiracy theory.

https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/segunda-turma-do-stf-mantem-...

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