STF: Barroso goes the final stretch waiting for a Bolsonaro case – 01/02/2025 – Power

The (Federal Supreme Court) reopens on Monday (3) the work of the expectation of receiving the complaint against the former president () for and judging cases with potential for repercussion.

Customs, however, should be avoided in the final stretch of the minister’s management as president of the Court. He will preside this Monday (3) the opening ceremony of the judicial year. will take over the court in September.

The case of Bolsonaro is one of the most awaited in court for 2025. The head of (Attorney General’s Office), has been working since November with the proofs about the joints by a coup d’état.

Even with the recess of the judiciary, the attorney general departed for only five days of work and, according to assistants, focused efforts on the analysis of the evidence gathered by the PF.

Supreme Ministers and people near Gonet told Sheetunder reserve, that the expectation is that the PGR divides the complaint. The first part should be delivered to this month.

The possibility of the Attorney’s Office is not ruled out to ask for new steps to complement the investigation. Gonet asked for more proofs from the PF in the two main cases involving Bolsonaro: the benefit of the former president and a.

Consensus on the Supreme Court is that, to minimize the impacts of the case on the 2026 elections. Nothing guarantees, however, that the case will be closed this year, as there is the possibility of requests of view (more time for analysis) and resources of defenses or.

The presidency of the Supreme provides 2025 as a year of thorny guidelines, with possible impact on the relationship with the. The list of complex topics is made up of actions that Barroso wants to close in his mandate and processes considered priority by other ministers.

The President of the Court has already signaled to colleagues that he intends to conclude the trial on the, which can change the paradigm of regulation of social networks. The actions on the subject began to be judged in November, with a vote of Minister Dias Toffoli.

The Supreme is moving to stipulate the Big Techs, according to which platforms could be responsible for systemic failures in moderation – possible punishment to companies by third party publications.

A. Luiz Fux accompanied Toffoli in defense of wide liability, and Barroso suggested a smaller scope for active monitoring of Big Techs. With the request for a view of André Mendonça, the case should only return to the plenary between April and June.

Edson Fachin wants to judge A, an action he must define in communities in Rio de Janeiro.

The Governor of the State, (PL), opposes the changes discussed in the Supreme. He came to, saying that restrictions on favela operations allowed the strengthening of organized crime.

Supreme Ministers heard by Sheet They signal that there are disagreements about the rigor of the new rules for police operations, and a milder position than Fachin’s taking can be majority.

Fachin is also responsible for the process that questions the type of. The action is considered as crucial to the sector, because the general repercussion of the subject can end more than 10,000 similar lawsuits in court.

Luiz Fux is the rapporteur of actions that question the constitutionality of the law that created rules for sports bets in the country.

Another congressional legislation that may be turned around is the temporal framework of indigenous lands, which has Gilmar Mendes ahead.

Advances reported in cases reported by Minister Flávio Dino on parliamentary amendments, also the target of investigations by the Federal Police.

In another highlight, the Supreme Court should analyze another appeal by former President Fernando Collor, convicted in 2023 for passive corruption and money laundering. If denied, the politician can go to prison later this year.

Despite complex themes with the potential to stress the relationship between powers, Barroso does not intend to bring custom issues to the Supreme Plenary.

He indicated, for example, that he should not guide the discussion about the decriminalization of up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. “I think the debate is not matured, and people are not yet aware of what is being discussed,” Barroso told reporters in December.

The president of the Supreme Court has said, behind the scenes, that the case of a seamstress from Santa Catarina victim of discrimination – appeal was denied in the Supreme – made him conclude that the progressive wing of the court is small. Therefore, in your assessment, it would not be the right time to guide topics of the type.

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