[9] He requested dismissal from the Federal Public Ministry to avoid 15 administrative process by the CNMP against him that could lead to compulsory retirement or loss of position.

[12] Officials said the prosecution was based on immunity negotiated accusations and the theories of "probabilism" and "explanationism" created and defended by the prosecutor himself to support the evidence-free evidence that remained at the end of the investigations.

[15] In April 2016, when the Americans forwarded the demand to the DRCI, the first formal request for cooperation between Operation Car Wash and the USA occurred.

[24] In June 2019, reports published by The Intercept based on a large trove of leaked materials indicated that there were "legally dubious internal discussions" between Dallagnol, in the role of Chief Prosecutor, and lead judge Sergio Moro, resulting in an international furor, due to the alleged politically based, illegal coordination between the two teams.

[25] In November 2019, disciplinary proceedings against Dallagnol led to warnings imposed by the National Council of the Public Prosecution Service (CNMP).

[26][27] In the leak materials, a dialogue between Dallagnol and his subordinates provided the basis for opening an investigation into an intentional act of administrative improbity.

"[29] The Federal Court of Auditors sentenced the former coordinator of Operation Car Wash and two others involved to compensate the public coffers in almost US$700 thousand.

Gonçalves concluded that Dallagnol used his early dismissal as a manueaver to bypass the possibility of ineligibility for an eventual conviction in an administrative process.