FILE PHOTO: Judge Gilmar Mendes is pictured during an interview with Reuters in Brasilia, Brazil August 22, 2019. Picture taken August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian Supreme Court justice believes jailed ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva deserves a retrial after leaked social media conversations appeared to show the judge hearing Brazil's largest-ever corruption case collaborated with prosecutors.
Justice Gilmar Mendes said in an interview with Reuters that the so-called Car Wash investigation was a success in battling the "metastasis of corruption" in Brazil but it became politicized and prosecutors went too far.
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