Since the promulgation of the 1988 Constitution, no Attorney General has been removed from a case due to suspicion or lost their position, despite legal provisions existing for this. The issue gained prominence after Minister André Mendonça, of the STF, revealed a Federal Police report based on the cell phone of former banker Daniel Vorcaro, seized in Operation Compliance Zero, which investigates fraud at Banco Master. In the document, there are mentions of Attorney General Paulo Gonet, who is not yet considered an investigated party. The organic law of the Public Ministry allows Gonet to delegate the action to a deputy prosecutor or pass the case to the vice president, without necessarily declaring himself disqualified, which represents one of the possibilities provided for leaving a case without leaving the position.
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