Toffoli votes for preservation of hacked Lava Jato messages
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TL;DR
- Minister Dias Toffoli of the STF voted to permanently preserve materials seized in Operation Spoofing.
- Operation Spoofing investigated a hacker attack that compromised phones of Lava Jato officials, including Sergio Moro and Deltan Dallagnol.
- Toffoli argued that the illegally obtained messages can be used by the defense of investigated parties under the pro reo principle.
- He stated that destroying the evidence would prejudice the right to a full defense and hinder the prosecution of the hackers.
- The STF's decision on the matter is pending the votes of other ministers.
- The case was brought to the STF by the PDT to prevent the destruction of the seized materials.
- Toffoli rejected the argument that the case lost its purpose, emphasizing the provisional nature of a previous order preventing destruction.