The minister, of the (Supreme Federal Court), informed the Lula (PT) government that he ruled, for now, an action in his defense in the US.
By determination of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) and by suggestion of STF ministers, the (Attorney General of the Union) would represent Moraes in the face of the court of those imposed by the president.
The use of AGU structure in favor of Moraes was sacrament after on Wednesday night (30).
Moraes said, however, that he would dispense, for now, the offer. During dinner on Thursday night (31), at Alvorada Palace, he said he does not intend to establish a relationship with the US. It is not discarded, however, an AGU performance in its favor in the international level.
Showing themselves quietly, according to report by dinner participants, Moraes also minimized the possibility of suffering the sanctions imposed by the US government in Brazilian territory. The magistrate also said that he will not fail to do his work in the face of the threat.
Present at dinner, Union Attorney General Jorge Messias said he will respect Moraes’s decision. The government’s proposal was interpreted as another sign of tune with Trump’s interference in internal affairs-specially regarding the process against the former president () and requests for.
Since the idea of a process has not been discarded, the government still expects the course of decisions in the US. There are two hypotheses studied in the government to file an action in the US against. In one of them, the executive can hire a US law firm to directly represent the minister.
Another possibility is to lead the Supreme Court of the US to discuss a thesis on the sovereignty of Brazilian institutions, including the judiciary, in the context of US sanctions against Brazil.
The Brazilian government’s reaction to Trump’s financial penalty against Moraes has been calculated in detail. It is the result of articulations between Lula, Supreme Ministers, representatives of Brazilian and political banks.
The president received the STF ministers on Wednesday night.
Lula was firmly positioned against the interference of the United States, according to one of the participants of the meeting. The petista said the moment is crucial to define the size of Brazil in geopolitics.
According to this report, the president pointed out that his team was willing to negotiate the 50% tariff established by Trump in the commercial terms. When the US president included Bolsonaro’s legal situation, the dialogue was obstructed.
In addition to making it clear that Brazil would not accept to negotiate topics that may affect national sovereignty, Lula told the Supreme Ministers that the government will make an unconditional defense of the Supreme Court and Moraes.
The order was passed on to the ministers of Lula’s hard core. (PT), Minister of Institutional Relations, has been responsible for vocalizing support to the Supreme Minister.
“The Supreme Court acts strictly in due process: the defendants were guaranteed the contradictory and right of defense, which now enters the final allegations before the trial. This is how justice works, something neither Trump nor Bolsonaro want to accept,” he said.
In another sign of appreciation, Lula invited all STF ministers to dinner at the Dawn Palace. The meeting was offered as an act of displeasure to Moraes.
In addition to the Supreme Ministers, Lula also invited the ministers (justice) and Messiah – two are the main interlocutors of the Lula administration with the Supreme Court.
On the Supreme side, the ministers will take advantage of the resumption of the judiciary’s work on Friday (1st) to make the first public discourses in defense of Moraes and the independence of the judiciary.
The president of the Supreme Court, Luís Roberto Barroso, announced to his colleagues that he will make room for everyone who wants to comment on the US offensive against Moraes have their minutes in the plenary and in front of TV Justice.
The Magnitsky Law, applied by Trump against Moraes, was created by the US Congress during the government. The initial goal was to sanction members of foreign governments involved in human rights abuses – a focus on dictators and terrorists.
The target of sanctions is prevented from having a US banks, using credit card of the flags that operate in the country, such as Visa and Mastercard, and has frozen any goods and properties it has in the American territory.
The assessment in the Supreme is that the magnitsky law was unduly applied against Moraes because it does not fit the parameters established by US legislation. The sanction would be only a way to press the Supreme Court against Bolsonaro’s trial for the 2022 coup plot.
Two ministers consulted by Sheet They believe that sanctions against Moraes will have little impact. The consolidated understanding in the Supreme is that the law used by Trump has no power over other countries – the so -called extraterritoriality.
Therefore, it is believed that banks in Brazil should not freeze accounts or suspend the minister’s credit cards.
The fear of some allies of Moraes is for Brazilian banks to encounter, ahead, with vetoes from the US government to operate in the country because of non -compliance with sanctions.
In this scenario, Brazilian banks – in accordance with public – would have to make a decision: either keep Moraes and are banned from operating in the US, or suspend the minister and are free from restrictions.
Regardless of the sanctions made by Trump and the threats of Eduardo Bolsonaro that more ministers can enter the target of the United States, the Supreme Court maintains the forecast of judging the process of the coup plot in mid -September.
Bolsonaro is a defendant accused of the crimes of coup, attempted abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, armed criminal association, damage qualified to public heritage and deterioration of the overturned assets. The maximum penalties, added, reach 43 years in prison.
