O americano The New York Times destacou as dúvidas sobre o futuro da Lava Jato, com a morte de Teori. O jornal lembra que a nomeação de seu substituto cabe a Temer, que também aparece nas delações, assim como seus aliados e assessores mais próximos.

Eis um trecho da reportagem:

“It’s not clear what will happen to the “Car Wash” cases that Zavascki was overseeing. They could be split among other justices on the court or possibly assigned to just one justice.

Zavascki’s replacement on the court will be appointed by Temer, who denies wrongdoing and has not been charged in the Petrobras case.

(…)In addition to Temer, senior Cabinet members and close aides and allies of the president have been implicated in testimony from some of those arrested.”