Gleisi Hoffmann says it is a “aggressive and petty” retaliation; Government leader in Congress, Randolf
Ministers of the President (PT) and congressmen of the government base criticized on Friday (18.Jul.2025) the US decision of the Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes.
In publications made on social networks, they classified the measure as an affront to national sovereignty and an attempt to intimidate Brazilian justice.
The Minister of Institutional Relations, said that this is a retaliation “Aggressive and petty” and that exposes “The degrading level of the conspiracy” of the former president (PL) and his son, the licensed deputy (PL-SP).
For her, the American action is a direct attack on the Brazilian judiciary.
The PT leader in the House, (RJ), said that the decision represents “a diplomatic escalationAnd a “violation of national sovereignty”.
According to him, the measure also reaches the ministers Luis Roberto Barroso (president of the court), Dias Toffoli, Cristiano Zanin, Flávio Dino, Carmen Lúcia, Edson Fachin and Gilmar Mendes. The statement from the US State Department cites “Allies” of Moraes, but does not specify names.
The Government leader in Congress, Senator (PT-AP), mocked the revocation and said that the minister has at his disposal 192 countries beyond the United States. Stated that “will not be blackmail and threats that will bow the column of Brazil’s sovereignty”.
Understand
The decision of the US government takes place the same day Bolsonaro was the target of an operation of the PF (Federal Police). The former president was by order of Moraes.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the announcement on his X profile. He accused Moraes of promoting a “Political Witches Hunt” against Bolsonaro and stated that the STF has created a “Complex of persecution and censorship” that goes beyond the borders of Brazil.
Moraes states that Bolsonaro acted consciously and deliberately to interfere with the progress of the criminal action that investigates the central core of the coup attempt in 2022, through coordinated acts with Eduardo, who is in the United States.
