The attorneys of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Mrs. Marisa Leticia filed today (01/31/2017), with the Fourth Regional Federal Court, a request for the production of all evidences requested by him, that were previously denied by Judge Sérgio Moro in clear violation of the right to be heard.

The request is related to the criminal action regarding the three story apartment in Guarujá. The Federal Attorney’s Office filed an information charging Lula and his wife of having benefited from unlawful values originating from three contracts signed between OAS and Petrobras. The alleged unlawful benefit would have been received in exchange for an apartment in Guarujá.

The attorneys requested, among other things, the production of expert evidence in order to prove that no amount originating from the three contracts mentioned in the information has been used to benefit Lula or Mrs. Marisa. Nevertheless, the Judge has denied its production.

Thus far, the production of economic-financial expert evidence proving the occurrence of money embezzlement in contracts signed by Petrobras or the collection of the alleged embezzled values by political agents has not been authorized by Operation Car Wash.