Temer Backs Moraes, Credits Him With Helping Preserve Brazil's Elections

Overview

• Former president Michel Temer said he does not regret nominating Alexandre de Moraes to the Supreme Federal Court in 2017.
• Temer argued that without Moraes the country perhaps would not have held elections, praising the minister’s legal and personal courage.
• Temer spoke on March 17 at the Fórum Pensa Brasil event promoted by BandNews TV, where PSD leader Gilberto Kassab also participated.
• The defense comes as reporting details contacts between Moraes and Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro, with Estadão citing sources who say they spoke on the day of Vorcaro’s arrest; Moraes has denied wrongdoing and has not fully clarified the exchanges.
• Estadão also reported a proposed contract paying R$3.6 million per month over three years for legal work by Moraes’s wife’s firm for Banco Master, describing prospective activity before the Central Bank, the Revenue Service and Congress.