Minister André Mendonça, of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), denied on Thursday having full access to the contents of Daniel Vorcaro's cell phone. In a dispatch responding to colleague Cristiano Zanin, Mendonça stated that disclosing the full material could compromise new Federal Police operations and the efficiency of ongoing investigations.
The rapporteur claimed he did not handle the material and that he has the same information made available to the other court ministers for the trial scheduled for next Tuesday. The decision responds to an official letter from Zanin amid internal demands that STF members have access to the entirety of messages and data seized in the investigations.
According to Mendonça, the cell phone whose access was requested is not in his office. The Federal Police only delivered a backup copy of the extracted data, which remains in a sealed envelope and was never handled by the rapporteur. The original material, according to the minister, remains under the custody of the PF itself.
