The articulation for the minister of the Supreme Court (STF) was managed in 2024, and gained traction with the possession of, in January this year.
The revocation of the visa was announced on Friday (18) by the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, head of American diplomacy.
Shortly after Trump’s election in November last year, the licensed deputy (-SP), that the republican’s victory increased the chances of blocking Moraes trips to the country.
Eduardo was in the United States and participated in dinner with Trump to follow the electoral results. At that time, there was already a law in the US Congress to revoke the visa of foreign authorities to violate “freedom of expression.” The son of betting so far to this extent to sanction Moraes.
In September 2024, four deputies and a US Senator, all Republicans, also formally asked the then Secretary of State that the entry visa in the country of Moraes and the other ten members of the being canceled.
In January this year, with Trump’s inauguration, the joint gained body. A few days before the inauguration, and indicated that he would act with American authorities for this.
The election was backed by one of the exponents of Ultracereita and former Trump-structure: Steve Bannon. One day before the inauguration,
Bannon and Trump have moved away, but the populist ideologist is still one of the leaders of the Maga Movement, acronym for Make America Great Again (Make America Big again), and has access and influence in the White House and the State Department.
Eduardo began, along with former presenter Paulo Figueiredo, to articulate the pressure for sanctions. On one front, they acted to accelerate the process of the bill that could prevent foreign authorities from entering. In another, they pressured authorities for direct sanctions.
Together with people linked to Big Techs, they began to argue that Moraes of Magnitsky Law be applied, which allows the unilateral application of punishments to foreigners accused of severe corruption or systematic human rights violations.
This sanction, which includes the freezing of any good or Moraes asset in the United States, is still under evaluation. There is already a draft with the White House, waiting for Trump’s signature.
From January to March, when he licensed his term, Eduardo went.
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“We are making alert, creating conscience. This is what we have done here: knock on door to door. The doors are open to us. We are very happy with this new government. We are well received,” Eduardo told the Sheet.
With the help of Bannon and former Trump senior advisor Jason Miller, Bolsonaro’s son passed. The speech is that Brazil was under an authoritarian acting of the Supreme and only that could weaken Moraes and eventually generate a retreat in the trial against Bolsonaro and his supporters, although the STF always rejected this hypothesis.
In May, those of foreigners that the government evaluates as responsible for censoring US companies or citizens, as well as residents in the country. At that time, pockets were already certain that the measure would hit Moraes, the Attorney General, Federal Police Delegate Fábio Schor and other Supreme Ministers, except Kassio Nunes Marques, André Mendonça and Luiz Fux.
In the same month,
Since then, Eduardo and Paulo Figueiredo have intensified the pressure for measures in Washington in the face of the imminence of Bolsonaro’s trial, which should take place between August and September.
Last week, Trump materialized the pressure when he began to defend Bolsonaro and threatened Brazil with 50% extra tariffs.
Eduardo and Figueiredo were again in Washington this week asking for more measures. In addition to this pressure, Moraes’s new decision against Rumble, seen as a provocation of the magistrate to Trump threats, also weighed.
The drop of water for the government to explicit a specific sanction against Moraes that the former president wears an electronic anklet.
More measures are expected to occur in the coming weeks.
