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Henrique Machado, Society editor at TVI and CNN Portugal, provides further details on the journalistic investigation that offers an 'X-ray' of Operation Influencer.
Gustavo Silva, a commentator for CNN Portugal, discusses the investigation by TVI and CNN Portugal that revealed wiretaps from Operation Influencer. In one of them, it is clear that António Costa spoke with Lacerda Machado about the Sines data center investment, despite the former prime minister having stated otherwise.
The exit follows a disagreement over quotas set by the organization. Also in this news bulletin, Costa does not comment on new wiretaps revealed in Operation Influencer.
The Public Prosecution Service (MP) denied on Tuesday, April 28, any forecast for concluding the Operation 'Influencer' inquiry by 2027. While admitting that the delay in the process is 'not ideal', the director of the Central Department of Investigation and Penal Action (DCIAP), Rui Cardoso, guaranteed that the office will not rush into 'premature decisions' due to public pressure. The investigation involves suspicions of criminal activity regarding data centre construction in Sines, lithium mining in Montalegre and Boticas, and hydrogen energy production. The case previously led to the resignation of former Prime Minister António Costa.
António Costa commented that he was only heard two years ago in the Operation Influencer case of his own volition and highlighted that he is unaware of what has happened since that time.
According to TVI/CNN, António Costa spoke with his friend Diogo Lacerda Machado about the Start Campus project in Sines.
Henrique Machado, Society editor at CNN Portugal, provides further details on the Operation Influencer investigation, where a wiretap reveals a contradiction in António Costa's statement.
The former prime minister had guaranteed that Diogo Lacerda Machado had never spoken to him about the lithium and hydrogen deals.
TVI/CNN Portugal has gained access to the entire case file of Operation Influencer. Society editor Henrique Machado explains the main points from the volumes of the case.
TVI/CNN Portugal has gained access to the entire Operation Influencer case file. Lawyer Rogério Alves analyses the main points of the case volumes.
