Former Lava-Jato judge is accused of falsely attributing passive corruption to the STF minister on video; majority had already voted to keep him as a defendant
The minister, from the Federal Supreme Court (), requested a review of the case in which the senator (União-PR) is accused of slander against the minister, temporarily suspending the trial of the criminal action. Despite the request for a review, the majority of the First Panel had already been formed in favor of keeping Moro as a defendant.
The complaint was filed by the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) after Moro, in a video recorded during a June party in 2022, stated that a habeas corpus could be “bought” from Gilmar Mendes. The recording, made by third parties and published on social media, motivated the criminal action, which indicates that the senator had acted with the intention of “tarnishing the image and objective honor” of the minister and discrediting his performance in the Court.
The STF accepted the complaint in June 2024, making Moro a defendant. The case’s rapporteur, minister , was accompanied by , and . If sentenced to more than four years in prison, the senator could lose his mandate.
Moro’s defense, led by lawyer Luís Felipe Cunha, states that the former judge had no intention of offending the minister and that it was an “unfortunate joke” taken out of context. Cunha also claims that the video was edited in a “malicious” way by third parties. With Fux’s request for review, the trial is suspended, and the minister has up to 90 days to return the case to the plenary with his vote.
Published by Felipe Dantas
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