Overview
- Chief Justice Luiz Edson Fachin convened a live full‑court plenary to consider opening a probe into de Moraes, a step required by law to investigate a sitting Supreme Court justice.
- Justice André Mendonça unsealed a federal police report two weeks ago that showed messages from jailed banker Daniel Vorcaro to a number tied to de Moraes and court records that a law firm owned by de Moraes’s wife had a large contract with Banco Master.
- Fachin removed Mendonça from oversight of the Banco Master case and ordered broader unsealing of court documents after Mendonça’s disclosure raised questions about procedure.
- De Moraes denied any wrongdoing and accused Mendonça of a political vendetta, and two justices — Kassio Nunes Marques and José Dias Toffoli — abstained from voting on whether to open the investigation.
- The dispute has escalated political tensions ahead of the October election, raised talk of Senate impeachment moves, and left the court under heightened security as unsealed records and further hearings continue to unfold.