Brazilian Supreme Court justices at odds as election and probe into failed bank loom
Two justices are seeking suspensions and impeachment moves as a Banco Master probe fuels accusations of secret meetings and improper influence.
- Brazil's Supreme Court deepened its institutional crisis on Friday as Justice Alexandre de Moraes and Andre Mendonca requested major sanctions against one another over a sprawling Banco Master fraud investigation.
- Mendonca on Tuesday unsealed federal police investigation messages revealing that disgraced Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro frequently sought advice from Moraes, sparking the animosity between the two justices.
- Federal police found Moraes's wife provided legal services to Banco Master via a $25 million contract, while presidential candidate Bolsonaro allegedly received about $21 million related to the scandal.
- Chief Justice Luiz Edson Fachin pledged Friday morning to do "what is right, in the time and in the shape that the legal order requires," after President Luiz demanded no one be spared from investigations.
- The Senate currently holds dozens of impeachment requests against Moraes, with justices scheduled to meet next week as the crisis continues threatening the Republic's institutional stability.
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Independent EspañolSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court plunged even further into an institutional crisis on Friday, after two of its best-known judges called for strong sanctions against each other.
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Brazilian Supreme Court justices at odds as election and probe into failed bank loom
Brazil’s Supreme Court has plunged further into an institutional crisis, as two of its best known justices are now requesting major sanctions against each other.
Brasilia, 4 Sep (EFE).- Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed his fear this Friday that Brazilians will lose "hope, faith and credibility in the institutions" after suspicions against Supreme Court judges. "If there are no strong institutions and functioning, democracy will be very vulnerable," he said. [...] The entry Lula fears that Brazilians will lose faith in democracy after suspicions in the Supreme was first published in…
The unprecedented pulse in the highest court is aggravated to a month of the October elections, in which leftist Lula will seek his re-election against the right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro. A police report published on Tuesday revealed messages from a banker imprisoned for a gigantic financial fraud to a number attributed to Judge Alexandre de Moraes, with the apparent aim of circumventing the investigation that shortly afterwards led to hi…
President of the Republic manifested himself after Minister Alexandre de Moraes asked for investigation of colleague André Mendonça, rapporteur of the Master Case...
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