CNJ afasta ex-juíza da Lava Jato por dois anos

On August 4, 2026 the CNJ full court imposed on Gabriela Hardt, by majority, the penalty of disponibilidade (compulsory leave from duty) for two years (proportional pay, according to Agência Brasil; the judge continues to receive a salary, according to Congresso em Foco) in a PAD with Rodrigo Badaró as rapporteur, for having approved in 2019, as a substitute at the 13th Court, an agreement between Petrobras and the MPF that allocated R$2 billion (according to Agência Brasil) or R$2.5 billion (according to Congresso em Foco) to a private foundation run by prosecutors; the rapporteur pointed to 'institutional capture', without corruption or enrichment; the report notes approval in less than 48 hours without hearing the Union. The amount of the agreement with the DOJ was US$682.5 million, according to the STF.

Source: CNJ afasta ex-juíza da Lava Jato por dois anos — Agência Brasil, Aug. 4, 2026 · body of the article · open original ↗

News report · excerpt examined · accessed on Oct. 24, 2026

Limitations: PAD number and numerical vote count not given; Jaceguara Dantas, Paulo Régis Machado Botelho, Fábio Esteves, and Edson Fachin dissented (one year of disponibilidade), according to Congresso em Foco.

Hardt's defense argued at the CNJ that she understood that the Curitiba MPF and Petrobras had standing to sign the agreement and was not motivated by bias.

Source: CNJ afasta ex-juíza da Lava Jato por dois anos — Agência Brasil, Aug. 4, 2026 · body of the article · open original ↗

News report · excerpt examined · accessed on Oct. 24, 2026