Column, by Michael Royster
RIBEIRÃO PRETO, BRAZIL – Twice last year there were times when the imminent passing of Lava-Jato into history, accompanied by cheering from cohorts of corrupt scoundrels, seemed ineluctable. Neither occasion, however, proved sufficient to overcome the determination of the investigators and of “crusading” Judge Sergio Moro.
After the election of President Jair Bolsonaro and his appointment of Moro as a glorified “Super-Minister” of Justice and Public Safety, not to mention his promise of still greater glory as a Justice on Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF), Lava-Jato seemed to grow in strength.
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