<p>Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that judge Sergio Moro was "biased" in convicting ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of corruption in 2017, a new victory for the left-wing leader as he eyes a political comeback.</p>.<p>The 3-2 ruling came two weeks after one of the court's justices annulled Lula's corruption convictions, clearing the way for him to mount a potential run against far-right President Jair Bolsonaro next year.</p>.<p>Lula, 75, led Brazil through an economic boom from 2003 through 2010, and remains one of its most popular politicians -- though his image was badly tarnished when he was sentenced to a total of 26 years on charges of taking bribes.</p>.<p>The cases against him grew out of "Operation Car Wash," a sweeping anti-corruption investigation that felled a Who's Who of top politicians and business executives accused of conspiring to embezzle billions of dollars from state oil company Petrobras.</p>.<p>The ruling is a major blow for Moro, who spearheaded the investigation.</p>.<p>Lula and his supporters accuse the judge of conspiring to keep the steelworker-turned-president out of the running for the 2018 presidential elections, in which he was the frontrunner.</p>.<p>Moro went on to accept the post of justice minister when Bolsonaro won the election in the ensuing fallout -- a fact some of the justices cited in ruling him biased.</p>
<p>Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that judge Sergio Moro was "biased" in convicting ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of corruption in 2017, a new victory for the left-wing leader as he eyes a political comeback.</p>.<p>The 3-2 ruling came two weeks after one of the court's justices annulled Lula's corruption convictions, clearing the way for him to mount a potential run against far-right President Jair Bolsonaro next year.</p>.<p>Lula, 75, led Brazil through an economic boom from 2003 through 2010, and remains one of its most popular politicians -- though his image was badly tarnished when he was sentenced to a total of 26 years on charges of taking bribes.</p>.<p>The cases against him grew out of "Operation Car Wash," a sweeping anti-corruption investigation that felled a Who's Who of top politicians and business executives accused of conspiring to embezzle billions of dollars from state oil company Petrobras.</p>.<p>The ruling is a major blow for Moro, who spearheaded the investigation.</p>.<p>Lula and his supporters accuse the judge of conspiring to keep the steelworker-turned-president out of the running for the 2018 presidential elections, in which he was the frontrunner.</p>.<p>Moro went on to accept the post of justice minister when Bolsonaro won the election in the ensuing fallout -- a fact some of the justices cited in ruling him biased.</p>