Brazil Supreme Court delays session amid allegations involving Justice Alexandre de Moraes

  • Brazil’s Supreme Court postponed deliberations for a second consecutive day amid disputes involving Alexandre de Moraes.
  • Roughly 30 messages allegedly linked Daniel Vorcaro to a number associated with de Moraes.
  • Tuesday’s full-bench session will consider whether de Moraes should be investigated over the messages.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has cancelled deliberations for a second consecutive day amid an internal dispute involving Justice Alexandre de Moraes, Justice Andre Mendonca and allegations of corruption, political bias and police interference. Chief Justice Luiz Edson Fachin called for the court to reconvene Tuesday, when 10 justices will consider whether de Moraes, the 11th member, should be investigated over roughly 30 messages allegedly sent by Banco Master head Daniel Vorcaro to a number associated with de Moraes. The dispute follows Mendonca’s September 1 release of federal police documents and de Moraes’ request for an investigation into whether Mendonca interviewed Vorcaro without police or prosecutors present. The conflict is linked to the Banco Master scandal, after Vorcaro was arrested in November 2025 over accusations of defrauding investors of billions of dollars and the collapse of the bank’s private banking arm left more than $7 billion in debt. The scandal has drawn in lawmakers and threatens to affect October’s general elections, including the presidential contest between incumbent Lula Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Police raids on Thursday targeted figures connected to a film about former President Jair Bolsonaro, whose son has denied wrongdoing and called the probes attempted political interference.

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