Brazil’s Top Court May Upend Carwash Graft Convictions
- Court ruling on whether star ex-judge Moro acted impartially
- Panel of 5 justices was tied 2x2 before session suspended
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Brazil’s Supreme Court could upend years of work by the Carwash anti-corruption task force that has sent some of the nation’s top politicians and businesspeople to jail.
A panel of five judges debated on Tuesday whether Sergio Moro, once the judge in charge of the investigation and its most public face, was biased in his rulings against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. If he’s deemed prejudiced, the decision could open the door for others he convicted to request their cases be reviewed.