Rodrigo Janot

Positions and roles

• Prosecutor General · Office of the Prosecutor General — PGR (2013-09-17–2017-09-17)
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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 ↗

  As Prosecutor General, Janot asked in June 2016 for the arrest of Renan Calheiros, Romero Jucá, José Sarney and Eduardo Cunha (Teori Zavascki denied it), delivered to the STF on December 19, 2016 the agreements of 77 Odebrecht executives and, according to the entry, 137 investigations were opened at the STF under his tenure.

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

Episodes

• Per diems and airfare for the task force and the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) special accounts proceeding

Documented links

• 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 ↗

• Dilma Rousseff appointed Rodrigo Janot: Nominated Janot for the PGR post in 2013 (term began September 17, 2013; reappointed in 2015 after an internal consultation).
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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 ↗

• Rodrigo Janot indicted Ricardo Pessoa: As PGR, he indicted Ricardo Pessoa before the STF on September 2, 2015 for active corruption and money laundering (an indictment is an accusation; Pessoa was later convicted, on June 24, 2016, without the laundering charge).
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  Ricardo Pessoa is a former president of UTC Engenharia; he was arrested in the 7th phase of Lava Jato (Juízo Final); Janot indicted him at the STF on September 2, 2015 for active corruption and money laundering; he signed a plea agreement (report of May 14, 2015); on June 24, 2016 he was convicted to 8 years and 2 months for corruption and criminal organization (acquitted of money laundering for lack of evidence).

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  Source: Ricardo Pessoa (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · text and references · open original ↗

• Rodrigo Janot indicted João Vaccari Neto: In September 2017 Janot indicted Vaccari before the STF for criminal organization; the entry does not report an STF decision on the indictment.
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  On August 29, 2019, Judge Ronaldo Sansone Guerra, of the 1st Criminal Enforcement Court of Curitiba, granted Vaccari the Christmas pardon decreed by Temer in December 2017; in September 2017, Rodrigo Janot indicted him before the STF for criminal organization.

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  Source: João Vaccari Neto (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · Pardon and STF sections · open original ↗

• Rodrigo Janot relationship with Eduardo Cunha: In June 2016 he asked the STF for the arrest of Cunha, Renan Calheiros, Romero Jucá and José Sarney; Teori Zavascki denied the request the same week.
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  As Prosecutor General, Janot asked in June 2016 for the arrest of Renan Calheiros, Romero Jucá, José Sarney and Eduardo Cunha (Teori Zavascki denied it), delivered to the STF on December 19, 2016 the agreements of 77 Odebrecht executives and, according to the entry, 137 investigations were opened at the STF under his tenure.

  News reportSingle source

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

• Rodrigo Janot relationship with Odebrecht (now Novonor): On December 19, 2016 he delivered to the STF the cooperation agreements of 77 Odebrecht executives (a procedural act, with no judgment on the merits).
  Sources (1)

  As Prosecutor General, Janot asked in June 2016 for the arrest of Renan Calheiros, Romero Jucá, José Sarney and Eduardo Cunha (Teori Zavascki denied it), delivered to the STF on December 19, 2016 the agreements of 77 Odebrecht executives and, according to the entry, 137 investigations were opened at the STF under his tenure.

  News reportSingle source

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

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