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Leandro Ruschel stated that a reporter from Veja considered that the attention given to the recording published by the magazine would be diverting focus from more serious allegations based on messages found on Daniel Vorcaro's cell phone. According to Ruschel, the reporter said that messages from 2024 and 2025 would indicate a collusion with executives from the pension funds of Banco do Brasil, Caixa, Petrobras, and Correios to raise R$ 10 billion, of which R$ 1 billion would be destined to the PT as a bribe. The account also mentioned more than 450 messages with an operator linked to the office of Minister Alexandre Padilha. Ruschel said that, according to the report, Banco Master entered in May 2024 a government list that would allow it to receive investments from the funds, despite having low credit ratings and being under investigation for fraud. During the same period, the bank reportedly negotiated R$ 500 million in credit letters with Caixa; the operation retreated after O Globo reported, in July 2024, the removal of two managers who had issued a negative opinion. The report also claimed that Padilha had said, in a meeting at the Palácio do Planalto, that agreements made with Olavo Noleto would count as agreements with the minister himself, and that, after dinner at Vorcaro's house in October 2024, the banker received a message saying that Lula would meet him and had liked the conversation. According to Ruschel, the reporter stated that Lula received Vorcaro in December and that messages from lawyer Walfrido Warde suggested pressure on the Central Bank to save Master. He added that Vorcaro would have presented the account to the Attorney General's Office (PGR), which had refused to receive the material, and that there would be evidence involving PGR members who had contact with the defense. Ruschel said that the reporter argued that Vorcaro should be heard and warned of the risk of diverting workers' resources to save the bank. #Corrupção #Política #Justiça (translated)

Tsuki found it "sensational" that the magazine Veja had directly accused Lula's campaign of spreading false news against the publication. He then summarized the arguments from a response by the magazine regarding its report about Vorcaro. According to the text from Veja reproduced by Tsuki, Vorcaro's lawyer would have confirmed the authenticity of the audio, and the magazine stated that it removed five short statements — 15 seconds in total — to protect the source. The publication also clarified that it did not say that the audio was included in the plea bargain nor that the confession was made to the Federal Police. Regarding the PGR, the magazine claimed that Vorcaro, through his lawyers, presented an account regarding the funding of a documentary about Lula and promised to deliver documents if the plea bargain was accepted, which did not happen. Tsuki also stated that some outlets were using "jurists" in their headlines to conceal, according to his assessment, that the coordination of Lula's presidential campaign was spreading false news against Veja's cover story. #PolíticaBR #FakeNews #Eleições2022 (translated)

Xico Graziano stated that a report by the magazine VEJA about supposed payments linked to Lula had provoked a reaction within the PT. According to him, PT members denied the accusations, said there was no evidence, and echoed a contestation from the Federal Police. In summarizing the report, Graziano said that banker Vorcaro reported having negotiated with João Vaccari Neto, former treasurer of the PT, payments to obtain access to pension funds for federal employees. According to the excerpt of the article he shared, it would amount to R$ 30 million in cash destined for the Lula Institute to fund a documentary about Lula abroad, in addition to another undisclosed amount paid directly to the institute, managed by Paulo Okamotto. Graziano added that Vorcaro had provided details to the Attorney General's Office (PGR), which did not proceed with the case as it deemed there was insufficient evidence. The banker’s defense, according to the account reproduced by the author, mentioned WhatsApp messages and records of withdrawals and deliveries of money. Graziano expressed belief that VEJA would not publish the report without confidence in the material and assessed that the published piece would merely be a preview of new revelations. He considered the story credible, although there might not be definitive proof, and compared the case to the Atibaia site, which, according to him, was not registered in Lula's name in the registry office. In Graziano's view, the report would harm the PT and Lula's campaign, discouraging voters and causing some to give up on voting. He stated that the case would reduce Lula's chances of reversing a defeat in the first round. #Lula #Petismo #VEJA (translated)

Felipe Moura Brasil shared the transcription of a reporter from Veja who defended a report amid the reactions to the publication of a recording. The journalist stated that, in addition to the audio, the article was based on messages found on Daniel Vorcaro's cell phone before he formalized a plea deal proposal. According to the reporter, Vorcaro had already presented a third proposal to the PGR, but the agency did not want to listen to him. In the transcription, the reporter claimed that messages from 2024 and 2025 indicated that Vorcaro had intermediaries at the Palácio do Planalto who were working with executives from the pension funds of Banco do Brasil, Caixa Econômica, Petrobras, and Correios. He asserted that the objective was to raise 10 billion reais from these funds, with 1 billion reais earmarked for bribes to the PT, as part of an agreement to save Banco Master. He also said that an operator linked to the office of Minister Alexandre Padilha sought fund executives and that meetings had been organized to facilitate the bank's operations. The reporter further stated that, in May 2024, Banco Master entered the so-called "exhaustive list," which, according to him, allowed the funds to invest in the institution. At the same time, he said, the bank was negotiating credit letters worth 500 million reais with Caixa Econômica. According to the journalist, the operation did not progress after the newspaper O Globo reported, in July 2024, that two managers from Caixa had been removed for issuing a negative opinion. He added that Vorcaro had reported, in a plea deal proposal to which the report had access, that Padilha and other PT members backed down after the case was disclosed. #Lula #Corrupção #Política (translated)

Gustavo Tutinha requested that Almirantes S.A. terminate the contract with Greenleaf on the first day of his management, regardless of the cost. He stated that the company had produced evidence and reports against Vasco, with conclusions he considered controversial, during the legal dispute over Maracanã. He also blamed Greenleaf for the maintenance of the pitches at São Januário and Maracanã, which he evaluated negatively. #ForaGreenleaf #Vasco #GestãoTransparente (translated)

Flavia Ferronato wrote that deleting a post and saying it was false would not prevent it from being retrieved by archiving sites, which, according to her, were considered evidence in court. She also stated that accusing someone of making something up while knowing it was true constituted a crime. #Justiça #Fatos #Direitos (translated)

Lázaro Rosa stated that the Federal Police had denied a report from the magazine Veja about Daniel Vorcaro. According to him, the corporation said that Vorcaro had not provided in his testimony the statements about Lula attributed to him and that no documents or evidence had been presented. Rosa accused Veja of lying to favor Flávio Bolsonaro and claimed that the testimony would be clandestine. #PolíciaFederal #FakeNews #Lula (translated)

The Minister of Justice, Rita Alarcão Júdice, assured that the lack of accreditation of the Judicial Police laboratory for DNA and fingerprint analysis does not compromise the evidence already presented in court, highlighting that any additional clarification should be provided by the police itself. #MinistérioDaJustiça #PolíciaJudiciária #Orçamento2027 (translated)

Poponze stated, citing CNN Brazil, that the Federal Police and the Attorney General's Office rejected Daniel Vorcaro's plea bargain proposal regarding alleged payments to finance a film about Lula and argued that there was no evidence. https://t.co/rxaR6mX2c3 #PolíciaFederal #Lula #Delação (translated)

Intercept Brasil stated that private conversations, documents, and an audio message sent by Flávio Bolsonaro to Daniel Vorcaro indicated a direct and frequent relationship between the two, as well as financial ties between the Bolsonaro family and the banker, who was described as one of the most "radioactive" names in Brasília. According to the publication, Flávio had denied connections between his family and the far right with Vorcaro, claiming it was a "false narrative that Lula has created." Intercept said that documents regarding the international production of the film *Dark Horse* showed that, by the end of 2024, the arrangement involved an intermediary. The following year, Flávio and Vorcaro would have directly discussed the release of funds and operational matters, as well as showing personal closeness. #Bolsonaro #Corrupção #PolíticaBrasileira (translated)

SPACE LIBERDADE stated that Vorcaro claimed to have released R$ 30 million for a documentary about Lula. According to the publication, the accusation involved João Vaccari and Alexandre Padilha, but the PGR did not pursue the case due to lack of evidence. https://t.co/uC73gMzBH0 #Lula #Brasil #Documentário (translated)

Cleber Lourenço reported that the Federal Police had been called in due to a suspicion of collusion between Vorcaro and allies of Flávio Bolsonaro. According to him, lawyers from Prerrogativas reported the existence of a supposed recording with unproven accusations against Lula and requested an investigation into possible electoral interference. https://t.co/y91fdgmpJ9 #Política #Brasil #Eleições (translated)

Felipe Leme criticized the denial of a statement attributed to Ana Elisa, saying there was evidence everywhere. He stated that she should acknowledge what she said, explain that she was a teenager at the time, and say that she has matured and wants to bring that experience to the political debate. Leme accused the PT of trying to replace facts with false narratives and compared this strategy to cancer for Brazil. He also said he would present a cure at the polls on the 25th. #Política #PósVerdade #Eleições2024 (translated)

Vinicius Carrion stated that the revelations from Vorcaro have not progressed in the PGR, despite the banker’s defense claiming that they would have evidence in the WhatsApp message exchanges. He found the situation very strange. https://t.co/q44lCzXcrD #Justiça #Corrupção #Brasil (translated)

William De Lucca stated that Daniel Vorcaro had submitted a plea bargain proposal, which was rejected by the Attorney General's Office (PGR) and the Federal Police (PF) due to lack of evidence, according to him. He also mentioned that a former member of a magazine published audio from the plea deal to attack Lula and added that he was beginning to believe that "the old man" would really "turn." https://t.co/Ps3Byi5on7 #DelaçãoPremiada #Política #Lula (translated)

Guga Noblat stated that the allegations that Vorcaro would attempt to denounce the PT and had passed money for a film about Lula had already been the subject of reports, but had not been proven. According to him, Vorcaro had tried to limit the denouncement to the PT and spare Flávio, as well as omit links with Fábio Faria and Ciro Nogueira. Noblat said that Vorcaro had not yet presented evidence and had claimed to have delivered R$ 30 million in cash to the PT. The author stated that these circumstances compromised the credibility of any account from Vorcaro against the PT. He also criticized Veja for publishing an audio of an account that, according to him, had been shelved due to lack of evidence, and accused the magazine of promoting disinformation. In the end, he asked users to give minimal engagement to the publication. #PT #Lula #jornalismo (translated)

Guga Noblat stated that Vorcaro was "squeezing the 22 hard" and said that Veja released an audio in which he would have reported negotiated payments to access pension funds controlled by the PT and to finance Lula's film. According to Noblat, the PGR ignored the complaint due to lack of evidence. He also wrote that, in the first plea bargain proposal, Vorcaro wanted to implicate only the PT and leave out Flavinho Rachadinha and his 61 million, as well as Ciro Nogueira, Fábio Faria, and other politicians — a proposal that was allegedly rejected. Noblat criticized Veja for giving prominence now to a report that, according to him, had been shelved for not being proven. #Corrupção #Política #Justiça (translated)

Jakelyne Loiola stated that VEJA had access to reports from banker Daniel Vorcaro, in which he allegedly said he negotiated with former PT treasurer João Vaccari Neto payments to gain access to pension funds for federal employees controlled by the PT. According to Loiola, Vorcaro reported having paid R$ 30 million in cash to the Lula Institute, managed by Paulo Okamoto, to finance a documentary about Lula abroad, in addition to another undisclosed amount directly to the institution. She said Vorcaro brought the details to the Attorney General's Office, which did not pursue the case due to a lack of evidence, since the payments were said to have been in cash. According to the publication, the defense claimed to have WhatsApp messages, records of who withdrew the money, and information about the locations and routes of the deliveries. #Lula #Corrupção #PolíticaBrasileira (translated)