Welcome here in moscow youre watching International Scandal has erupted in brazil half the league to messages suggest a Corruption Case against the countrys former president Lula Da Silva was politically motivated the messages published by investigative news intercept appear to show the judge discussing the probe with prosecutors supporters of Lula Da Silva say that the leak confirms their fears that the case was a stitch up designed to prevent him from winning his 2018 reelection bid to pull the probe was part of brazils biggest corruption crusade known as operation watch which did see dozens of high level politicians imprisoned. Was sentenced to almost a decade behind bars for corruption and Money Laundering including for excepting a luxury apartment in exchange for state contracts he denies ever owning it and the leak to messages to suggest that prosecutors themselves questioned the strength of the evidence against him one of the journalists behind the revelations told us that they