Veja's Mainardi repeats the rumor that Brazilian police were bribed to ratfink Dantas on Globo's national late-night infotainment show, Jô.
Daniel Dantas vê motivação política em prisão: Top story in the Folha Online today is an “exclusive interview” by Claudio Dantas Sequeira — no relation, presumably — with Opportunity banker Daniel Dantas, arrested on charges of money laundering and attempted bribery,among other things.
Daniel Dantas sees poliitical motivation behind his arrest
Dantas Sequeira, a founder of Abraji, the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalists, co-authored some of the Folha’s beat coverage of the case with Lilian “The Tropical Jayson Blair” Christofoletti. On whom see also
O banqueiro Daniel Dantas, do Opportunity, disse em entrevista exclusiva publicada nesta sexta-feira na Folha (íntegra disponível para assinantes do UOL e do jornal) que sua prisão durante a Operação Satiagraha, da Polícia Federal, teve motivação política. Na reportagem de Claudio Dantas Sequeira, o banqueiro especulou uma possível perseguição por parte do ex-ministro Luiz Gushiken (Núcleo de Assuntos Estratégicos), opositor aos negócios do banqueiro junto à cúpula do governo.
Dantas … said his arrest was politically motivated. In a report by Dantas Sequeira, the banker speculates that he may be the victim of persecution by former cabinet minister Luiz Gushiken … who opposed his business dealings with ranking members of the government.
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Segundo a reportagem, Dantas concedeu a entrevista no lobby do hotel em que se hospedou depois de deixar a carceragem da Superintendência da PF de São Paulo. Temendo estar sendo monitorado, falou ao lado de uma coluna e levava a mão à boca quando respondia às perguntas.
According to the report by the Folha’s Dantas (Sequeira), Dantas gave an interview in the lobby of the hotel where he was staying after leaving the lock-up of the federal police in São Paulo. Afraid he was being monitored, he spoke while hiding behind a column and brought his hand up to cover his mouth when he responded to questions.
The answers to which were published verbatim by the Folha today. So how sensitive and confidential were they, really? See also
O banqueiro disse que é inocente e classificou como “superficiais” as evidências reunidas contra ele no processo. “São acusações totalmente infundadas. Estou convicto de minha inocência”, declarou.
The banker said he was innocent and characterized as “superficial” the evidence gathered against him. “These are unfounded accusations. I am convinced of my innocence,” he declared.
He whispered from behind his hand, not wanting anyone to know this.
Para banqueiro, informações que ele teria dado a promotores de Milão no caso Telecom Italia são uma das razões para operação da PF.
In his view, information he supposedly gave the Milan prosecutor in the Telecom Italia case are one of the reasons for the Brazilian federal police bust.
Top story in the Folha Online at this hour
Further from the interview:
Ex-executivos da BrT já haviam denunciado ao juiz Giuseppe Gennari o pagamento de propinas a políticos e policiais brasileiros, no intuito de afastar Dantas do comando da BrT, hoje em poder dos fundos de pensão estatais, denúncias não comprovadas.
Former executives of BrT had already compalined to Italian judge Giuseppe Gennari that bribes had been paid to Brazilian police and politicians, for the purpose of removing Dantas from control of BrT, which now rests with the pension funds of state-owned firms. These charges have not been corroborated.
The evidence presented for these charges: Clippings from Veja magazine to this effect. See
Dantas also presented clippings from Veja and other allegedly coopted news vehicles in his civil dispute with his former partners at Citi in New York. See
Nesse sentido, a Operação Chacal, deflagrada pela PF em julho de 2004, foi decisiva. O Opportunity e a Kroll foram acusados de espionar o governo federal. Na ocasião, Dantas conseguiu escapar da prisão. À Folha disse esperar que o Ministério Público brasileiro se interesse pelo caso de Milão e negou que tenha dados contra o governo Lula ou o PT, como ameaçou seu advogado, Nélio Machado.
In this connection, Operational Jackal, run by the federal police in July 2004, was decisive. Opportunity and Kroll were accused of spying on the federal government.
Both Cardoso and Lula, mind you.
Dantas managed to avoid being detained.
He is answering the ongoing criminal case against him while at large.
He told the Folha he hopes the federal prosecutor will take an interest in the Milan case, and denied that he has dirt on Lula and the PT, as his lawer, Nélio Machado, has threatened.
That’s Brazilian investigative journalism for you, as practiced by one of its proverbial deans: a “he said, he said” interview in a hotel lobby. Still, a perfectly legitimate “get the other side” story, you can’t argue with that.
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