Cármen Lúcia, Alexandre de Moraes and Flávio Dino voted against the senator by video in which he attributed to the minister the practice of corruption
The 1st Panel of (Supreme Federal Court) has a majority to keep the Senator (União Brasil-PR) as a defendant for slander against the court minister.
The ministers and had already voted on Friday (3.out.2025) to reject an appeal from the congressman against the decision of the board who made him a defendant. accompanied the 2 this Saturday (4.out.2025).
It is still necessary to vote for the ministers and, who have until October 10 to register their positions.
The action that runs in the virtual plenary under the rapporteur of Cármen Lúcia analyzes a complaint by the PGR (Attorney General’s Office) and unanimously by the 1st class in June 2024.
The agency states that Moro committed a crime of slander to Gilmar Mendes the practice of passive corruption. The episode cited in the complaint was at a June party in 2022, when the Lava Jato judge was recorded saying that a habbeas corpus could be “Purchased” of the magistrate.
The statement was filmed by third parties and ended up viralizing on social networks.
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According to PGR, Moro would have acted to “Maculate the image and objective honor” Gilmar, with the objective of discrediting his performance in the Court.
In the appeal that the 1st class already has a majority to reject, the senator’s defense says he had no intention of offending the minister and that the statement was a “Unhappy joke” taken from context. It also states that the recording was edited in a “Maldosa”.
With the appeal rejected, the criminal action against Moro follows. If you are sentenced to more than 4 years, the senator may lose his mandate.
