Opinion: Charges against Glenn Greenwald reveal the rot in Brazil’s democracy
The Intercept demonstrated that there was collusion between the judge and federal prosecutors overseeing the case. The judge, Sérgio Moro, is now President Jair Bolsonaro’s justice minister — his reward for politicizing the corruption investigation.
The actions of Moro and the prosecutors served to set the stage for my unfair trial. Greenwald’s investigation was key to demonstrating how Operation Car Wash violated my legal and human rights.violated a Brazilian Supreme Court orderBut abuses like this are not new in Brazil.
With few exceptions, the Brazilian media has played along. The coverage of the powerful TV Globo network focuses on the Federal Police inquiry to criminalize the sources and the journalist himself.
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