Brazil’s president raises possibility of jail for Intercept founder Glenn Greenwald after reporting contents of hacked phone chats
- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s mobile phone was hacked as part of an operation that also targeted senior members of his government
- The Intercept released messages allegedly exchanged between prosecutors and a judge in the wide-ranging corruption scandal
Brazil’s far-right president renewed his attacks on journalist Glenn Greenwald, raising the possibility of jail a few days after saying the American’s Brazil-based internet publication was “aligned with criminal hackers” for reporting the contents of hacked phone conversations involving the current justice minister.
The reports in The Intercept have led to questions about whether Justice Minister Sergio Moro improperly consulted prosecutors when he was a judge overseeing the mammoth “Operation Car Wash” corruption investigation.
The messages appeared to show Moro guiding prosecutors in their case against former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Four people were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly hacking Moro’s phone and others.
On Thursday, Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reported that one of them – Walter Delgatti Neto – told federal police that he had anonymously sent the compromising chats from the hacked phones to the Intercept’s founder Greenwald, but had not demanded payment.
