Federal prosecutor who coordinated the Lava Jato task force at the MPF in Curitiba until 2020. He left the Public Prosecutor's Office in 2021, was elected federal deputy in 2022 (Podemos) and had his registration revoked by the TSE in 2023, based on the Clean Record Law (Lei da Ficha Limpa). In 2026 he was elected senator for Paraná (Novo), with his candidacy registration still under appeal at the TSE.
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Evidence mentioning Deltan Dallagnol
In the same report, professor André Biancarelli (Unicamp) said the fight against corruption should not be subordinated to the needs of companies; Fabiano Angélico, of Transparency International, argued that society gains from clear rules and that laid-off workers would be absorbed by mid-sized companies; prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol stated that corruption, and not its investigation, harms the economy, using an analogy attributed to Sergio Moro: the blame lies with whoever committed the crime, not with whoever found the body.
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Source: Lava Jato e a recessão (BBC Brasil, reproduzida pelo IHU-Unisinos) — BBC Brasil / IHU-Unisinos, Dec. 2, 2015 · BBC Brasil report of December 2, 2015, opinions section · open original ↗
On March 22, 2022, the STJ Fourth Panel, by majority, in REsp 1.842.613, ordered Deltan Dallagnol to pay R$75,000 in compensation for moral damages to Lula over the 2016 'PowerPoint' press conference, plus 20% in attorney's fees and costs; Lula had asked for R$1 million, and the lower courts had dismissed the claim.
Judicial or administrative decisionProven in a document
Source: Dallagnol pagará R$ 75 mil a Lula por entrevista do PowerPoint — Superior Court of Justice, Mar. 22, 2022 · body of the news item · open original ↗
The STJ found that Dallagnol acted with abuse of right by using non-technical language ('petrolão', 'propinocracia') and descriptions such as 'supreme commander of the corruption scheme', attributing to Lula facts that were not in the indictment; it set a base amount of R$50,000 (two-phase method), raised in the second phase to R$75,000.
Judicial or administrative decisionProven in a document
Source: Dallagnol pagará R$ 75 mil a Lula por entrevista do PowerPoint — Superior Court of Justice, Mar. 22, 2022 · body of the news item · open original ↗
In a news item of August 10, 2022 (session date not provided), the Fourth Panel unanimously rejected the motions for clarification filed by Dallagnol, by Lula (who wanted a larger amount) and by the ANPR (which argued lack of standing to be sued), maintaining the judgment.
Judicial or administrative decisionProven in a document
Source: STJ mantém condenação de Dallagnol a indenizar Lula — Superior Court of Justice, Aug. 10, 2022 · body of the news item · open original ↗
On April 22, 2024, Cármen Lúcia rejected the appeal by Dallagnol and the ANPR against the STJ decision, stating that any violation of the Constitution would be indirect and that the STJ had already resolved the infraconstitutional questions.
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Source: STF mantém decisão que obriga Deltan a indenizar Lula por PowerPoint — CNN Brasil, Apr. 22, 2024 · body of the article · open original ↗
On June 11, 2024, the STF First Panel, in a virtual session and unanimously (Cristiano Zanin recused), upheld the decision of rapporteur Cármen Lúcia, joined by Flávio Dino, Alexandre de Moraes and Luiz Fux; the rapporteur said the arguments showed 'only nonconformity and resistance'.
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Source: STF mantém decisão que obriga Dallagnol a pagar indenização a Lula — Poder360, June 11, 2024 · body of the article · open original ↗
According to a report of December 19, 2025, Dallagnol deposited R$146,847.13 on November 27, 2025 into an account linked to the TJ-SP to pay Lula's compensation with attorney's fees (in July 2025 the TJ-SP had set it at R$135.4 thousand); he said he had received Pix donations from more than 12,000 people, about R$835,000, and that about R$688,000 went to philanthropic hospitals.
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Source: Dallagnol paga indenização a Lula por caso do PowerPoint — Jovem Pan, Dec. 19, 2025 · body of the article · open original ↗
On August 25, 2020, the CNMP decided not to open disciplinary proceedings against Dallagnol over the PowerPoint (a request for measures by Lula's defense) because the applicable penalty was time-barred (the earlier warning had its effects suspended by a Fux decision on August 17, 2020, according to Gazeta do Povo); according to Conjur, the rapporteur was Marcelo Weitzel and there were 42 postponements (Brasil de Fato mentions 40).
Judicial or administrative decisionSeveral independent sources
Source: Após 42 adiamentos, Deltan escapa de processo administrativo no CNMP — Consultor Jurídico, Aug. 25, 2020 · body of the article · open original ↗
On November 26, 2019 the CNMP full court imposed, by 8 votes to 3, the penalty of warning on Dallagnol in PAD 1.00898/2018-99, for the interview on 'Jornal da CBN' of August 15, 2018 in which he called STF justices a 'clique'; the rapporteur, Luiz Fernando Bandeira de Mello, found a breach of the duty of decorum and civility (LC 75/1993, art. 236, VIII and X); the preliminary objections of ne bis in idem (by majority) and of statute of limitations (unanimously) were rejected.
Judicial or administrative decisionProven in a document
Source: CNMP aplica penalidade de advertência ao procurador da República Deltan Dallagnol — National Council of the Public Prosecutor's Office, Nov. 26, 2019 · body of the news item · open original ↗
On August 26, 2019 federal judge Nivaldo Brunoni (duty judge, JF/PR) granted an injunction suspending PAD 1.00898/2018-99 and ordering its removal from the CNMP agenda of August 27, conditioning its continuation on guarantees of full defense and adversarial proceedings.
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Source: Juiz determina que CNMP tire de pauta processo contra Deltan Dallagnol — Migalhas, Aug. 26, 2019 · body of the article · open original ↗
On September 8, 2020 the CNMP full court imposed, by majority, the penalty of censure on Dallagnol in PAD 1.00982/2019-48, for 14 Twitter posts, between January 9 and February 3, 2019, against the election of Renan Calheiros to the presidency of the Senate, understood as a breach of decorum; rapporteur: Otavio Rodrigues Jr.
Judicial or administrative decisionProven in a document
Source: Plenário do CNMP aplica pena de censura a membro do MPF — National Council of the Public Prosecutor's Office, Sept. 8, 2020 · body of the news item · open original ↗
On September 10, 2019 the CNMP rejected, by 12 votes to 0, Renan Calheiros's request to preventively remove Dallagnol while a disciplinary proceeding on the tweets was under way; the opening of the PAD was postponed by a request for review of the file; Internal Affairs Commissioner Orlando Rochadel considered only a breach of decorum (censure) to be established, which does not allow removal.
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Source: CNMP nega pedido para afastar Deltan Dallagnol — Diário do Comércio, Sept. 11, 2019 · body of the article · open original ↗
On August 17, 2020 Justice Celso de Mello (STF) suspended the processing of two proceedings at the CNMP, a disciplinary one by Renan Calheiros and a request for the removal of Kátia Abreu, both seeking Dallagnol's departure from the coordination of the task force; the AGU asked for review of the decision, warning that the disciplinary proceeding would be time-barred on September 10, 2020.
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Source: Por risco de prescrição, AGU pede que Celso reveja decisão sobre Dallagnol — CNN Brasil, Aug. 31, 2020 · body of the article · open original ↗
Gazeta do Povo recorded, on August 17, 2020, that three cases were on the CNMP agenda for August 18: a request by Lula's defense (PowerPoint), Renan Calheiros's PAD, and a request for compulsory removal in the public interest of Kátia Abreu, the latter with the potential to remove Dallagnol from Lava Jato.
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Source: Julgamento de Deltan no CNMP (prévia da sessão de 18/08/2020) — Gazeta do Povo, Aug. 17, 2020 · body of the article · open original ↗
On September 22, 2020 the CNMP unanimously opened a PAD against prosecutor Diogo Castor de Mattos, a former member of the task force, for contracting a billboard in tribute to Lava Jato (violation of impersonality, according to Internal Affairs Commissioner Rinaldo Reis Lima); Dallagnol is cited in the report only as former coordinator, and not as a defendant in this PAD.
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Source: Conselho abre processo contra procurador por outdoor em homenagem à Lava Jato — Folha de Pernambuco, Sept. 22, 2020 · body of the article · open original ↗
On November 28, 2017 the CNMP unanimously denied an appeal by federal deputies Paulo Pimenta and Wadih Nemer (spelling on the CNMP page) against the closing of a complaint about Dallagnol's lectures, finding that lectures fall within the teaching permitted to members of the public prosecutor's office, that he did not deal with confidential matters, and that most of the money went to philanthropy.
Judicial or administrative decisionProven in a document
Source: CNMP nega recurso e considera que membro do MPF pode ministrar palestras — National Council of the Public Prosecutor's Office, Nov. 28, 2017 · body of the news item · open original ↗
On June 27, 2019 National Internal Affairs Commissioner Orlando Rochadel closed the inquiry against Dallagnol and Roberson Pozzobon about the content of the leaked messages, for lack of evidence and on the understanding that, even if they existed, the messages would have been obtained unlawfully and would not show professional misconduct.
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Source: CNMP arquiva apuração contra Dallagnol por conteúdo dos vazamentos — Poder360, June 27, 2019 · body of the article · open original ↗
On August 9, 2022, the TCU Second Chamber, by 4 votes to 0, with Bruno Dantas as rapporteur, ordered Dallagnol, Rodrigo Janot and João Vicente Beraldo Romão to reimburse R$2,831,808 to the Union for per diems and airfare paid to prosecutors assigned from other locations to the task force, with an individual fine of R$200,000; the rapporteur pointed to the lack of justification for the model and violations of cost-effectiveness and impersonality.
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Source: TCU multa Dallagnol e Janot por diárias na Lava Jato — Poder360, Aug. 9, 2022 · body of the article · open original ↗
On December 5, 2022, Judge Augusto César Pansini Gonçalves of the 6th Federal Court of Curitiba annulled the TCU decision as to Dallagnol and the acts resulting from it (the article speaks of an 'April decision' of the TCU, without identifying the ruling), finding that Dallagnol, not having been an authorizing officer for expenditures, could not be the target of the accounts proceeding, and criticizing the rapporteur for appearing to prejudge the case; according to the report, in September 2022 the TCU had upheld the fine and the reimbursement against Dallagnol and cleared Romão.
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Source: Justiça anula condenação de Dallagnol por diárias da Lava Jato — Poder360, Dec. 6, 2022 · body of the article · open original ↗
In an article of September 26, 2024 (session date not provided), the TRF-4 Twelfth Panel denied the Union's appeal and upheld the first-instance judgment (case 5033048-90.2022.4.04.7000) that had annulled the decision of the TCU Second Chamber, for lack of legal basis for Dallagnol's summons; the report says responsibility for the per diem model lay with other officials.
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Source: TRF-4 anula decisão do TCU contra Dallagnol por despesas da Lava Jato — Migalhas, Sept. 26, 2024 · body of the article · open original ↗
In August 2025, the STJ Special Court, by majority, denied Dallagnol's internal appeal in SLS 3133 (rapporteur Humberto Martins) and kept suspended the 6th Court's injunction that had halted the TCU's special accounts proceeding (TCE 006.470/2022-0), extending to the later injunction the effect of the 2023 decision; the inquiry into about R$2.8 million resumes; Isabel Gallotti, Antonio Carlos Ferreira and Sebastião Reis Júnior dissented.
Judicial or administrative decisionSeveral independent sources
Source: Corte Especial confirma que TCU pode seguir com apuração contra Deltan Dallagnol — Superior Court of Justice, Aug. 8, 2025 · body of the news item · open original ↗
According to the Congresso em Foco report, a report by the National Internal Affairs Office of the Judiciary records that Hardt informally discussed by WhatsApp the approval of the agreement with Sergio Moro and Deltan Dallagnol; both denied the accusations.
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Source: CNJ afasta por dois anos a juíza Gabriela Hardt, substituta de Moro — Congresso em Foco, Aug. 4, 2026 · body of the article · open original ↗
On June 9, 2019, The Intercept Brasil published excerpts of messages attributed to Moro, then Minister of Justice, and to task force prosecutors, which the site said it had received from an anonymous source and which, according to the site, would indicate 'prohibited collaboration' between judge and prosecutors.
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Source: Site publica mensagens atribuídas a Moro e à força-tarefa da Lava Jato — Agência Brasil, June 10, 2019 · body of the article · open original ↗
On July 13-14, 2019, according to The Intercept and Congresso em Foco, messages would show that Dallagnol discussed creating an events company in which he would not appear as a partner, and estimated at about R$400,000 the net income from lectures and books in the previous year; the law prohibits prosecutors from managing companies. Dallagnol declined an invitation from a Chamber of Deputies committee to explain the conversations and wrote on Twitter that 'working on Lava Jato carries a great personal cost'.
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Source: Intercept: Dallagnol tentou lucrar com a Lava Jato — Congresso em Foco, July 14, 2019 · body of the article · open original ↗
Dallagnol left the MPF in November 2021 (Poder360 dates his departure to November 2, 2021 and the 2026 TSE counts the ineligibility period from November 3, 2021), when he was facing proceedings at the CNMP and had already been sanctioned with a warning and a censure.
News reportSeveral independent sources
Source: Entenda a controvérsia sobre a decisão do TSE que cassou Dallagnol — Poder360, June 6, 2023 · context section · open original ↗
On May 16, 2023, the TSE decided unanimously, with Benedito Gonçalves as rapporteur, to revoke Dallagnol's candidacy registration (elected federal deputy for Podemos in 2022), finding that he had asked to resign from the MPF to avoid an administrative penalty by the CNMP that would have made him ineligible, in fraud of the Clean Record Law (Lei da Ficha Limpa); the Chamber of Deputies confirmed the loss of his seat on June 6, 2023.
Judicial or administrative decisionSeveral independent sources
Source: TSE cassa mandato de deputado de Deltan Dallagnol — Poder360, May 16, 2023 · body of the article · open original ↗
According to Poder360, the rapporteur pointed to 15 proceedings that could have become administrative disciplinary proceedings (PADs) and found that the early resignation defrauded the rule; the TRE-PR had granted the registration on October 19, 2022 because no PAD had been opened; Marlon Reis considered the analysis precise; Marco Aurélio Mello said that fraud is not presumed and that the decision might target protagonists of Lava Jato.
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Source: Entenda a controvérsia sobre a decisão do TSE que cassou Dallagnol — Poder360, June 6, 2023 · body of the article · open original ↗
After the decision, Dallagnol wrote on Twitter that 344,917 voices from Paraná had been silenced by a single stroke of the pen and spoke of 'unprecedented revenge' against law enforcement agents who fought corruption.
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Source: 'Vingança sem precedentes', diz Dallagnol sobre cassação — Poder360, May 17, 2023 · body of the article · open original ↗
On June 7, 2023, Dias Toffoli denied Dallagnol's request to suspend the TSE decision, finding no flagrant illegality, abuse of power or absurdity; the sources consulted show no judgment on the merits by the full court.
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Source: Toffoli rejeita recurso de Deltan Dallagnol e mantém cassação — Poder360, June 7, 2023 · body of the article · open original ↗
On September 19, 2026, Justice Floriano de Azevedo Marques suspended, by preliminary injunction, Dallagnol's campaign for the Senate in Paraná (Novo), and on September 21, 2026 the TSE full court upheld the suspension by 5 votes to 2 (André Mendonça and Kassio Nunes Marques dissenting), barring the use of funds and participation in events, radio, TV and debates until the ineligibility is judged.
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Source: Deltan Dallagnol ainda é candidato? Entenda decisão do TSE — Brasil de Fato, Sept. 21, 2026 · body of the article · open original ↗
