STF Justice Alexandre de Moraes Requests Investigation into Justice André Mendonça
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Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes has requested that Justice André Mendonça be investigated for abuse of authority, administrative improbity, and crimes of responsibility. The request was submitted to the president of the court, Edson Fachin, within the framework of the ongoing Fake News inquiry. This move follows a recent decision by Mendonça to lift the secrecy of a Federal Police (PF) report containing messages between Moraes and banker Daniel Vorcaro, the owner of Banco Master.
Moraes bases his accusations on PF intelligence reports which suggest that Mendonça overstepped his judicial role to act as an investigator in the Sem Desconto and Compliance Zero operations. The reports allege that Mendonça sought direct access to raw digital evidence, interfered in plea bargain negotiations, and suggested benefits not provided by law. Furthermore, the PF reports indicate that Mendonça may have biased the investigations to target specific individuals, including Justice Moraes and Senate President Davi Alcolumbre, for personal and political reasons.
Justice Fachin has ordered all involved parties, including Moraes, Mendonça, the Attorney General, and the Director General of the PF, to provide statements within five business days. The conflict has sparked significant political reaction. Opposition lawmakers have criticized the move as an act of intimidation and a misuse of the Fake News inquiry. Conversely, government allies have focused their comments on the alleged irregularities of Banco Master and its ties to former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Outlets with a center lean emphasize the procedural details of the PF reports and the specific allegations of judicial bias. Center left sources highlight the asymmetry in how Mendonça treated different politicians and the potential illegality of his involvement in plea bargains. Center right sources frame the event as a retaliatory strike by Moraes to deflect attention from his own alleged ties to Daniel Vorcaro and describe the situation as a formal war within the court.
How each side framed it
- Centre-left
- Emphasized the asymmetry of Mendonça's actions against politicians and the breach of legal rules regarding plea bargains.
- Centre
- Focused on the specific allegations of judicial overreach and the procedural steps taken by the court.
- Centre-right
- Framed the action as a retaliatory move by Moraes to silence investigations into his own conduct.
Sources
- Centre CNN Brasil: Election result should also dictate the future of the STF, says specialist
- Centre CNN Brasil: PF points to possible greater rigor by Mendonça with Lulinha
- Centre CNN Brasil: Moraes speaks of "political bias" of Mendonça in conducting investigations
- Centre CNN Brasil: PF says Mendonça distrusted Gonet due to proximity to Gilmar Mendes
- Centre CNN Brasil: Moraes accuses Mendonça of persecuting Alcolumbre and other STF ministers
- Centre CNN Brasil: Moraes says Mendonça delivered unsigned decision to PF
- Centre CNN Brasil: PF insinuates that Mendonça acts to change correlation of forces in the STF
- Centre CNN Brasil: Waack: Moraes' decision puts the future of the Supreme Court at risk
- Centre CNN Brasil: Lula asks for investigation "no matter who it hurts" and profound reforms in the Judiciary
- Centre CNN Brasil: Flávio says Moraes, Alcolumbre and Dino are orchestrating action against him
- Centre CNN Brasil: Moraes accuses Mendonça of offering benefit not provided for by law for plea bargain
- Centre CNN Brasil: Analysis: What do the complaints from Moraes against Mendonça represent for the STF?
- Centre CNN Brasil: PF intelligence sees Mendonça aware that investigation would hit Moraes
- Centre CNN Brasil: PF points to interference by Mendonça and alleged targeting of targets
- Centre CNN Brasil: Moraes case is about who survives the crisis in the STF, says specialist
- Centre-right Estadao: From PCO to Bolsonaro: know who is the target of the fake news inquiry, used by Moraes against Mendonça
- Centre-right Estadao: Crisis in the STF: see the political repercussion after Moraes asks Fachin for investigation against Mendonça
- Centre-right Estadao: Moraes declares war on Mendonça and puts STF to define which side it will take in the public duel
- Centre-right Estadao: Moraes used internal PF report 'without probative value' to accuse Mendonça of interference
- Centre-right Estadao: After Moraes accused Mendonça, Fachin demands explanations from the two ministers and includes PF and PGR
- Centre-right Estadao: Moraes uses Fake News inquiry to accuse Mendonça of crime of responsibility and abuse
- Centre-right Estadao: Alexandre de Moraes accuses André Mendonça of violations that he himself committed
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: PF points to interference by Mendonça in investigations and alleged targeting of targets
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Mendonça presents receipts of R$ 26.4 thousand after suspicion that suit was paid for by Master lobbyist
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Alexandre de Moraes sends request for investigation against André Mendonça to Fachin
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Bolsonaristas come out in defense of Mendonça against Moraes; Flávio speaks of defeat of 'Lula's minister'
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: PF reports Mendonça's distrust of the corporation's director-general due to proximity to Lula
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Fachin orders Mendonça, Moraes, Gonet and PF chief to provide information on dialogues with Vorcaro
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: André Mendonça treats Lulinha's case differently from ACM Neto's, PF says in report to Moraes
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Moraes asks Fachin for investigation of André Mendonça for abuse of authority
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Lula says everyone should be investigated and demands PGR and STF for resolution of Master case
- Centre-left G1: JN daily summary: Moraes uses fake news inquiry to request investigation against Mendonça; Congress approves end of the blusinhas tax
- Centre-left G1: In report, PF indicates asymmetry in actions of Mendonça against politicians and sees Alcolumbre as 'probable strategic target'
- Centre-left G1: PF says Mendonça determined actions 'without specific authorization' against Moraes; decisions caused crisis in the court
- Centre-left G1: Fachin gives 5 days for Moraes, Mendonça, PGR and PF to provide information on the Master case report
- Centre-left G1: Crisis escalates in the STF, and Mendonça's allies see Moraes' offensive to remove him from the Master reporting
- Centre-left G1: Mendonça acted in plea bargain negotiations and suggested benefit outside the law, says PF; agency recalls that practice annulled evidence in Lava Jato
- Centre-left G1: Moraes requests that Mendonça be investigated and cites 'strong evidence' of abuse of authority and crime of responsibility in the Master case
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Moraes used PF report "without probative value" to request investigation against Mendonça
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: PF says Alcolumbre would be target of Mendonça in plan to recompose forces in STF
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Moraes triggers war in STF by accusing Mendonça in fake news inquiry
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Moraes asks Fachin to investigate Mendonça in the fake news inquiry
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Moraes offensive against Mendonça surprises lawyers: "Unprecedented"
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Fachin demands information from Mendonça, Moraes, PF and PGR about crisis in the STF
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Viana asks for removal of Alcolumbre for not scheduling Moraes impeachment
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Opposition reacts to Moraes request to investigate Mendonça: "He is out of his mind"
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Entities from Paraná demand investigation into Moraes and Gonet in the Master case
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Opposition reinforces call for September 7 after Moraes offensive against Mendonça
- Centre-right Gazeta do Povo: Renan Santos files impeachment request against Moraes and Toffoli
- Centre-left UOL: PF says Mendonça considered removing director-general due to proximity to Lula
- Centre-left UOL: Moraes' arguments to request investigation of Mendonça
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