Moro departure leaves Bolsonaro exposed

摘要

BRAZIL'S Supreme Court has given the green light to for an inquiry to begin into allegations that President Jair Bolsonaro sought to interfere with the upper echelons of the federal police for political gain, raising the prospect of yet another impeachment saga in the country. Justice Celso de Mello ordered the federal police to question former judge Sergio Moro over allegations he made when resigning as justice minister last week. Moro, who originally rose to fame in 2016 when he spearheaded the long-running anti-corruption purge known as Operation Car Wash, which resulted in the jailing scores of contractors, politicians and oil sector executives from a courtroom in the provin- cial city of Curitiba. Moro became a hero to many Brazilians as he used aggressive plea-bargaining strategies to help a team of federal prosecutors unearth a vast network of kickbacks on contracts with oil giant Petrobras and with other state-run energy companies.