Deltan Dallagnol

Brazilian attorney
Deltan Dallagnol
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 February 2023 – 6 June 2023
ConstituencyParaná
Personal details
Born
Deltan Martinazzo Dallagnol

(1980-01-15) 15 January 1980 (age 44)
Pato Branco, Paraná, Brazil
Political partyNOVO (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations
PODE (2021–2023)
Spouse
Fernanda Mourão Ribeiro
(m. 2016)
Alma mater
OccupationFederal prosecutor (retired)
Known forOperation Car Wash
Vaza Jato
Scandal
Vaza Jato
Companies
  • Petrobras
  • Odebrecht
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Deltan Martinazzo Dallagnol (born 15 January 1980) is a Brazilian politician[1] affiliated to the New Party (NOVO). Dallagnol was also a federal prosecutor specialized in crimes against the national financial system and money laundering from 2003 to 2021. He is known for being the lead prosecutor of Operation Car Wash, an investigation into corruption in the Brazilian petroleum company Petrobras.

He was elected in 2022 Brazilian general elections to represent the state of Paraná in the Chamber of Deputies.[2] His term of federal deputy was revoked on 16 May 2023 by the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil in a unanimous decision. On 6 June 2023, the Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil confirmed the decision of the Superior Electoral Court that revoked his term, a decision based on the grounds that Dallagnol committed a fraud against the Ficha Limpa (Clean Record) act.[3] Dallagnol moved to Chicago in 2023[4] and on the plane he began receiving donations to pay the hundreds of fines for his criminal convictions.[5]

Biography

Deltan Dallagnol

Deltan Dallagnol was born in Pato Branco, Brazil.[citation needed].[6]

Operation Car Wash

Dallagnol was part of the original, Operation Car Wash task force formed in Curitiba in March 2014. In September 2020, Dallagnol announced that he would be leaving as coordinator of the Car Wash prosecution team.[7] He requested dismissal from the Federal Public Ministry to avoid 15 administrative process by the CNMP against him that could lead to compulsory retirement or loss of position.[8]

Power Point of Charge

On September 14, 2016, Deltan Dallagnol and part of the Lava Jato team made a fake Power Point presentation of the summary of the charges against Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, placing him as a "conductor of a criminal orchestra" but without offering a structured complaint of head of the criminal organization.[9] The focal point of the controversy was the alleged statement "we have no proof, but we have conviction," which went viral on social networks as if it had existed.[10] Officials said the prosecution was based on immunity negotiated accusations and the theories of "probabilism" and "explanationism" created and defended by the prosecutor himself to support the evidence-free evidence that remained at the end of the investigations.[11]

In 2022, Lula filed a lawsuit asking for compensation alleging “violation of his honor” because in the PowerPoint presentation. The Superior Court of Justice Justice condemned Deltan to compensate Lula in the amount of R$75,000.[12]

Allegations of irregularities

In June 2019, reports published by The Intercept based on a large trove of leaked materials indicated that there were "legally dubious internal discussions" between Dallagnol, in the role of Chief Prosecutor, and lead judge Sergio Moro, resulting in an international furor, due to the alleged politically based, illegal coordination between the two teams.[13] In November 2019, disciplinary proceedings against Dallagnol led to warnings imposed by the National Council of the Public Prosecution Service (CNMP).[14][15]

Political career

Dallagnol joined Podemos (PODE) on December 10, 2021[16] and ran for a term of federal deputy in the state of Paraná in the 2022 Paraná parliamentary election, being elected as the most voted congressman in the state, with 344,917 votes.[2]

He held office between 1 February and 16 May 2023, when his candidacy record was revoked by a unanimous decision of the Superior Electoral Court, based on a representation presented to the court by the Brazil of Hope federation (PT/PCdoB/PV) and the Party of National Mobilization (PMN). The representation stated that Dallagnol could not have left his career as a public prosecutor while he was responding to disciplinary complaints and investigations at the National Council of the Public Prosecution Service (CNMP).[17]

The rapporteur judge of the case, Minister Benedito Gonçalves, understood that Dallagnol requested his early dismissal from the Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) on 3 November 2021, when he had already been condemned by the CNMP to censure and a warning while 15 administrative proceedings against him were still pending at the National Council of the Public Prosecution Service. Gonçalves concluded that Dallagnol used his early dismissal as a manueaver to bypass the possibility of ineligibility for an eventual conviction in an administrative process. The court followed the vote of the rapporteur.[18]

On 30 September 2023, he left Podemos and joined the New Party (NOVO).[19]

Electoral history

Chamber of Deputies

Election
Party Votes % Position in
Paraná State
Result
2022 Podemos (PODE) 344,917 5.63 No. 1 Elected[20]

Personal life

He holds a law degree from the Federal University of Paraná and a LL.M. from Harvard University in 2013.[21] Dallagnol is a practicing Baptist.[22]

References

  1. ^ Santi, Alexandre de; Martins, Rafael Moro (2021-03-15). "In Sharp Rebuke, Brazil Supreme Court Rules Judge Who Locked Up Lula Was Biased". The Intercept. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  2. ^ a b "Conhecido graças à Lava Jato, ex- procurador Deltan Dallagnol é eleito deputado federal com mais de 340 mil votos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  3. ^ Clavery, Eliza (6 June 2023). "Mesa Diretora da Câmara confirma decisão do TSE que cassou Deltan Dallagnol". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Gilmar defende a aplicação do juiz de garantias: 'Modelo Moro e Deltan dá asco e nojo'". CartaCapital (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  5. ^ "Modelo 'Moro-Dallagnol' dá nojo, diz Gilmar ao defender juiz de garantias". noticias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  6. ^ "Operation Car Wash". The Practice. 4 (6). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  7. ^ Paraguassu, Lisandra; Brito, Ricardo; Boadle, Anthony (1 September 2020). "Head of Brazil's 'Car Wash' anti-graft task force quits with team's future in doubt". Reuters. Brasilia. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Deltan Dallagnol cassado: por que procurador da Lava Jato foi punido pelo TSE". BBC News Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  9. ^ Fishman, Andrew; Martins, Rafael Moro; Demori, Leandro; Santi, Alexandre de; Greenwald, Glenn (2019-06-09). "Breach of Ethics: Exclusive: Leaked Chats Between Brazilian Judge and Prosecutor Who Imprisoned Lula Reveal Prohibited Collaboration and Doubts Over Evidence". The Intercept. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  10. ^ Stephenson, Matthew (2019-06-17). "The Incredible Shrinking Scandal? Further Reflections on the Lava Jato Leaks". GAB | The Global Anticorruption Blog. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  11. ^ "Justice for Lula, peace for Brazil". Instituto Lula. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  12. ^ "Brazil: Deltan Dallagnol must compensate Lula da Silva for "moral damages"". Paris Beacon News. 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  13. ^ "Brazil reels at claims judge who jailed Lula collaborated with prosecutors". TheGuardian.com. 10 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Conselho do MP aplica 'advertência' a Deltan Dallagnol por entrevista com críticas ao STF". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  15. ^ "Conselho do MP abre novo processo disciplinar contra Deltan Dallagnol". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  16. ^ Filardi, Isabela (10 December 2021). "Deltan Dallagnol oficializa filiação ao Podemos". CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  17. ^ Mendes, Lucas. "Deltan Dallagnol perde mandato após decisão unânime do TSE". CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  18. ^ "In a unanimous decision, TSE revokes the mandate of Deputy Deltan Dallagnol". Folha Nobre (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  19. ^ "Após cassação, Deltan Dallagnol se filia ao partido Novo". CNN Brasil. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  20. ^ "Apuração das Eleições 2022 para presidente, governadores, senadores, deputados federais e estaduais". noticias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  21. ^ "Deltan Dallagnol | Harvard University - Academia.edu".
  22. ^ Benevides, Carolina (12 December 2014). "Nova face do MP declara 'guerra contra a impunidade'" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
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