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Alexandre de Moraes: See the trajectory of the STF Minister 
Understand accusations against Bolsonaro in the case of
Alexandre de Moraes: See the trajectory of the STF Minister
Paulistano, a law graduate from USP (Largo São Francisco)., Joined the prosecutor in 1991 and acted as a promoter until 2002
He was Secretary of Justice and Defense of Citizenship of the State of São Paulo between 2002 and 2005. Presided to FEBEM (current Casa Foundation) between 2004 and 2005
From 2005 to 2010, he passed the CNJ (National Council of Justice), headed the Municipal Transportation Secretariat, presided over CET and SPTrans and commanded the Municipal Secretariat of Services
He was appointed state secretary of Public Security of São Paulo in 2015, during the administration of Geraldo Alckmin, until he assumed ministry in the federal government
During the Temer Government (MDB), he was Minister of Justice and Citizenship in 2016; In 2017 the folder became justice and public safety
He took office at the Supreme Court (STF) in March 2017, nominated by Michel Temer, occupying the vacancy of Teori Zavascki
In the following years, he came to report investigations that aim at pockets. In part of these cases, the rapporteurship was up to Moraes for “prevention”, when there is prior procedural bond or probative connection
Hard texts and the use of capital letters (“justice is blind, but not foolish.”) Mark their orders; hearings recorded clashes with lawyers and witnesses
In 2024, he waged dispute with Elon Musk by demanding compliance with court orders to X (former Twitter) and Starlink in Brazil
Determined measures that led to the arrest of hundreds of people after the attacks on the headquarters of the powers on January 8, 2023
When he presided over the TSE, he led trials that made former President Jair Bolsonaro ineligible in 2023
In July 2025, it was sanctioned by the US under the magnitsky law. American President Donald Trump claimed “political persecution” to Bolsonaro and allies
Moraes is the rapporteur of the case of the coup plot, in which Bolsonaro is accused of participation in armed criminal organization, violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, coup d’état and deterioration of listed heritage
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