Prosecutors said companies that had won lucrative government contracts during Martinelli’s presidency funneled money to a front company that was then used to purchase the publisher. The transactions involved a complex series of foreign money transfers totally $43 million. The front company collecting the money was called “New Business.”
I mean, technically Lula was not acquitted, he was just never convicted in the first place - due to that whole not having a fair trail thing, which is amazing that there are people who treat that like it’s nothing.