Eduardo Cunha (verbete da Wikipédia em português)

Eduardo Cunha was a federal deputy for RJ from February 1, 2003 to September 12, 2016 and Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies from February 1, 2015 to July 7, 2016 (removed by the STF on May 5, 2016; resigned the speakership on July 7, 2016).

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Party affiliations according to the entry: PRN (1989–1995), PPB (1995–2003), PMDB (2003–2017), MDB (2017–2022), PTB (2022–2023), PRD (2023–2024), Republicanos (2024–present).

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The STF (Teori Zavascki, later confirmed unanimously by the full court) removed Cunha from his seat on May 5, 2016; the Chamber of Deputies revoked his mandate on September 12, 2016 for breach of decorum (450 votes in favor, 10 against, 9 abstentions), for having lied to the Petrobras CPI about foreign accounts.

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Cunha was arrested in pretrial detention by the PF on October 19, 2016, in Brasília, by order of judge Sergio Moro; new warrant on May 18, 2017 after the plea agreement of JBS executives; in March 2020 the pretrial detention was replaced by house arrest (Covid-19); on April 28, 2021 the TRF4 revoked the arrest by habeas corpus.

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On March 30, 2017, Moro convicted Cunha to 15 years and 4 months (passive corruption, money laundering and illegal currency transfers abroad); on March 26, 2018 the TRF4 denied motions for clarification and upheld the conviction (sentence of 14 years and 6 months, according to the title of a report cited by the entry).

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On September 9, 2020, Cunha was convicted to 15 years and 11 months for passive corruption and money laundering in the Paraná Lava Jato.

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The entry records Cunha's conviction to 24 years and 10 months in a closed regime by judge Vallisney de Souza Oliveira (FI-FGTS case), on June 1 of a year not given in the excerpt read (sequence suggests 2018).

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The STF annulled on May 29, 2023 the conviction of 15 years and 11 months, finding that the case should have been handled by the Electoral Court and not by the Federal Court of Curitiba; the case was to be sent to the Electoral Court, which would decide on the conviction and the validity of the evidence.

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Cunha ran for federal deputy for SP (PTB) on October 2, 2022, with 5,044 votes, and for state deputy for MG (Republicanos) in 2026, with 32,075 votes; he was not elected in either (according to the entry). The entry indicates ineligibility until the end of 2026.

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