1. Deltan Dallagnol is known for being the lead prosecutor of Operation Car Wash, an investigation into corruption in the Brazilian petroleum company Petrobras.
16 Facts About Deltan Dallagnol
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Deltan Dallagnol was elected in 2022 Brazilian general elections to represent the state of Parana in the Chamber of Deputies.
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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 Deltan Dallagnol committed a fraud against the Ficha Limpa act.
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Deltan Dallagnol moved to Chicago in 2023 and managed to raise around R$200 thousand in donations to pay the hundreds of fines for his criminal convictions.
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Deltan Dallagnol was part of the original, Operation Car Wash task force formed in Curitiba in March 2014.
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In September 2020, Deltan Dallagnol announced that he would be leaving as coordinator of the Car Wash prosecution team.
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Deltan Dallagnol requested dismissal from the Federal Public Ministry to avoid 15 administrative processes by the CNMP against him that could lead to compulsory retirement or loss of position.
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The work of administrative correction shows that Deltan Dallagnol informally negotiated with the Americans to return the money before the process was completed.
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Deltan Dallagnol later tried to divert the resources to the Lava Jato Foundation, improperly approved by judge Gabriela Hardt in 2019.
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In November 2019, disciplinary proceedings against Deltan Dallagnol led to warnings imposed by the National Council of the Public Prosecution Service.
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Deltan Dallagnol was convicted of misusing public funds meant for travel and accommodation expenses at certain times between 2014 and 2021.
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Deltan Dallagnol joined Podemos on December 10,2021 and ran for a term of federal deputy in the state of Parana in the 2022 Parana parliamentary election, being elected as the most voted congressman in the state, with 344,917 votes.
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Deltan Dallagnol 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 and the Party of National Mobilization.
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The rapporteur judge of the case, Minister Benedito Goncalves, understood that Deltan Dallagnol requested his early dismissal from the Public Prosecutor's Office 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.
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Goncalves concluded that Deltan Dallagnol used his early dismissal as a manueaver to bypass the possibility of ineligibility for an eventual conviction in an administrative process.
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Deltan Dallagnol holds a law degree from the Federal University of Parana and a LL.