Rumble, Trump Media Ask U.S. Judge to Serve Brazil’s Justice Moraes by STF Email

Overview

• The companies filed a Feb. 2 petition in Florida seeking permission to notify Alexandre de Moraes via his institutional Supreme Court email to move their U.S. lawsuit forward.
• They contend the formal service route in Brazil is blocked after the case was sent to the Superior Tribunal de Justiça, which then sought opinions from the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Attorney General’s Office.
• The petition cites Moraes’s prior use of that email to send Rumble content‑removal directives under threat of fines and service suspension.
• The plaintiffs ask the U.S. court to declare Moraes’s takedown and account‑removal orders unenforceable in the United States under First Amendment protections.
• The suit, filed in February 2025, has been stalled since August 2025 with the PGR recommending rejection of service, and Rumble has been barred from operating in Brazil for failing to appoint a local representative.