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Brazilian prosecutors charge Greenwald over Car Wash leaks

On 21 January 2020 Brazilian federal prosecutors charged Glenn Greenwald with cybercrimes connected to The Intercept Brasil's stories on leaked messages from Car Wash prosecutors. The leaks, published by the outlet he co-founded, appeared to show coordination between then-judge Sérgio Moro and prosecutors.

Glenn Greenwald (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 21 January 2020 Brazilian federal prosecutors charged Glenn Greenwald with cybercrimes connected to The Intercept Brasil's stories on leaked messages from Car Wash prosecutors. The leaks, published by the outlet he co-founded, appeared to show coordination between then-judge Sérgio Moro and prosecutors. In February 2020 a judge declined to accept the charges.

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  1. 1.thecanary.cochecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: greenwald+prosecutors · verified
  2. 2.theguardian.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: greenwald+prosecutors · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Brazilian prosecutors charge Greenwald over Car Wash leaks. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/greenwald-charged-brazil-hacking-2020-01-21

https://factrail.ai/facts/greenwald-charged-brazil-hacking-2020-01-21

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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