Cristiano Zanin, a lawyer of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, smiles during a session of the Brazil's electoral court, in Brasilia, Brazil October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday he will appoint the lawyer who defended him against graft accusations, Cristiano Zanin, to a vacant Supreme Court seat.
Lula confirmed the widely expected appointment in a press conference in Brasilia, saying it was "not only" because of his lawyer's role in his defense, "but simply because I think that Zanin will become a great justice of the Supreme Court."
