Office of the Prosecutor General — PGR

Head of the Union Public Prosecutor's Office; acts before the STF. Requested the opening (2020), the dismissal (2022) and the reopening (2025) of Inq 4831.

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Rodrigo Janot headed Office of the Prosecutor General — PGR: Prosecutor General from September 17, 2013 to September 17, 2017.
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Rodrigo Janot was a federal prosecutor (1984–2019), deputy prosecutor general (2003), secretary-general of the MPF (2003–2005) and Prosecutor General of the Republic from September 17, 2013 to September 17, 2017 (nominated by Dilma Rousseff, reappointed in 2015); he retired in April 2019 and opened a law firm in June 2019.
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Source: Rodrigo Janot (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗
Augusto Aras headed Office of the Prosecutor General — PGR: Prosecutor General from September 26, 2019 to September 26, 2023.
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Augusto Aras joined the MPF in 1987, was deputy prosecutor general of the Republic (2011) and Prosecutor General of the Republic from September 26, 2019 to September 26, 2023, nominated by Jair Bolsonaro on September 5, 2019 (outside the triple list) and approved by the Senate by 68 to 10 on September 25, 2019; reappointed on August 24, 2021 (55 votes in favor).
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Source: Augusto Aras (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗

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On April 27, 2020, Celso de Mello authorized the opening of Inquiry 4831 at the request of Prosecutor General Augusto Aras, to investigate facts reported by Moro; Aras cited, in theory, ideological falsehood, coercion in the course of proceedings, administrative advocacy, malfeasance, obstruction of justice, and passive corruption.

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Source: Ministro Celso de Mello autoriza inquérito para apurar declarações do ex-ministro Sérgio Moro envolvendo o presidente da República — Supreme Federal Court (news portal), Apr. 27, 2020 · text of the news item · open original ↗

On May 2, 2020, Moro testified for about eight hours at the PF headquarters in Curitiba, reaffirmed the accusations, handed over audio recordings, e-mails, and conversations (and his cell phone), and was accompanied by three PGR prosecutors.

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Source: Sergio Moro fala por 8 horas e reafirma acusações contra Bolsonaro — Poder360, May 3, 2020 · paragraphs 1 to 6 · open original ↗

On September 19, 2022, Deputy Prosecutor General Lindôra Araújo asked the STF to close the inquiry, seeing no new elements that would allow an indictment against Bolsonaro.

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Source: PGR: Bolsonaro não cometeu crime em caso de interferência na PF — Poder360, Sept. 19, 2022 · paragraphs 1 to 3 · open original ↗

On May 17, 2024, Moraes asked Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet to consider ratifying the request to close the inquiry.

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Source: Moraes pede que PGR avalie arquivamento de inquérito contra Bolsonaro — Agência Brasil (EBC, a public company), May 17, 2024 · paragraphs 1 and 2 · open original ↗

On October 16, 2025 the STF reported that Moraes granted a PGR request and reopened the investigations in Inq 4831; the PGR, which in September 2022 had asked for closure, said on October 15, 2025 that the case file indicates the need for complementary measures.

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Source: A pedido da PGR, STF reabre investigações sobre suposta interferência de Jair Bolsonaro na PF — Supreme Federal Court (news portal), Oct. 16, 2025 · text of the news item · open original ↗

Rodrigo Janot was a federal prosecutor (1984–2019), deputy prosecutor general (2003), secretary-general of the MPF (2003–2005) and Prosecutor General of the Republic from September 17, 2013 to September 17, 2017 (nominated by Dilma Rousseff, reappointed in 2015); he retired in April 2019 and opened a law firm in June 2019.

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Source: Rodrigo Janot (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗

Augusto Aras joined the MPF in 1987, was deputy prosecutor general of the Republic (2011) and Prosecutor General of the Republic from September 26, 2019 to September 26, 2023, nominated by Jair Bolsonaro on September 5, 2019 (outside the triple list) and approved by the Senate by 68 to 10 on September 25, 2019; reappointed on August 24, 2021 (55 votes in favor).

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Source: Augusto Aras (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗