The reserved session of the (Supreme Federal Court) on Thursday (12) that ended with the reporting of the Master case was critical of the Federal Police’s actions and concerned about the image of the court, according to .
According to the portal, 8 of the 10 ministers would vote for Dias Toffoli to remain in the case. Only Fachin and they signaled that they were against it. The minister’s proposal prevailed for the court to release a joint note of support for Toffoli and, in exchange, the minister handed over the case for redistribution. After drawing lots, the new rapporteur became .
The ministers met to discuss a 200-page report prepared by the PF and delivered to the STF that would serve to argue Toffoli’s suspicion in the report on the Master case. Poder 360 reproduced the judges’ statements in full, which raised suspicions that someone recorded the meeting.
A wing of the STF, which.
At the meeting of the ten ministers, Toffoli reportedly said he would look Fachin “in the eyes” and declared “he had nothing to fear”, according to Poder360.
Gilmar Mendes reportedly stated that “what is behind this is that Minister Toffoli made some decisions throughout his time in this Master case here at the STF that contradicted the Federal Police. And the Federal Police wanted to fight back.”
Alexandre de Moraes reportedly said that the investigation into Toffoli was illegal and stated that he had warned the general director of the PF, Andrei Rodrigues, that, if there was a finding about an authority with jurisdiction prerogative, the police could not continue acting without authorization.
According to the website, Moraes said he was a “friend” of Andrei Rodrigues, but that he would vote in favor of Toffoli.
he would have made one of the shortest interventions of the session: “For me, Minister Toffoli has public faith. My vote is in his favor. It’s over. I don’t know what you are discussing.”
Kassio Nunes Marques would have stated that there would be no grounds for suspicion in the case. “For me, this is nothing legal,” he said, according to the report. He said he had “quickly” read the PF report and had seen “nothing” that justified “the suspicion or impediment of Minister Toffoli”.
For Kassio, holding an extraordinary session to analyze the argument would be “unreasonable”. “This is absurd: the judge in the interior district will be commanded by the local delegate if we accept this type of situation. The Judiciary Power in Brazil is over,” he stated, according to the portal.
Minister Cármen Lúcia reportedly expressed concern about the image of the court. “Every taxi driver I catch speaks badly of the Supreme Court. The population is against the Supreme Court,” he said, according to Poder360.
Cármen reportedly stated that he had “trust” in Toffoli, but that it was necessary to “think about institutionality”. He defended that an extraordinary session be held on Friday (13) to resolve the case before Carnival, “so that it doesn’t end up bleeding, because it’s not just you [Toffoli] that bleeds, it’s the entire Court”, according to the report.
Cristiano Zanin reportedly said he would vote for Toffoli to remain, according to Poder360.
“I have been reporting for a year and a half on a case involving three STJ ministers [Superior Tribunal de Justiça] and to this day, the Federal Police have sent me much less information than these 200 pages, with satellite photos, cross-referencing of cell phones…? This is all null and void,” he said, according to the portal.
Flávio Dino would have classified the PF report as “legal rubbish”.
The minister reportedly charged Fachin: “I think, Mr President, that you should have resolved this within the institutionality of the presidency”, suggesting that the president of the STF should have rejected Andrei Rodrigues’ report when he received it.
Dino reportedly said he was in favor of the rapporteur remaining with Toffoli and that suspicion of STF ministers could only be considered in extreme situations, such as “pedophilia, and if there is proof, and rape, and if there is proof”. He concluded: “And any other request for an argument, I am STF football club”, according to the portal.
The report does not reproduce the entirety of what was said at the meeting and it is not clear when the trend changed to remove Toffoli from the rapporteur. The proposal for the joint note came from Dino, who suggested including that “minister Dias Toffoli, in a gesture of grandeur and in defense of institutionality, in view of the support received, will forward the case for redistribution”.
Minister André Mendonça said that the Federal Police attack could happen to anyone there and asked: “I want to know if they will give me this treatment.”
Zanin warned that recognizing Toffoli’s suspicion would lead to “everything that has been done to collect evidence so far being declared null”, according to Poder360. Dino would have added: “And a lot of people will be happy. And maybe that’s what’s behind everything.”
Fachin would have insisted on taking the case to the plenary the following day, but he was in the minority, says the report.
Toffoli said that he understood he had a majority and that he would forward the request to redistribute the process to the presidency. “I know that the press will report that I was removed from the process. I would prefer it to be different, but if the decision is made today to stop today… it’s better and I accept it”, he reportedly declared, according to Poder360.
