The British magazine stated that the (Federal Supreme Court) is involved in a “huge scandal”, in which it reports on the suspicions and questions that have accumulated in recent months involving court ministers and the banker, owner of the .
The text says, for example, that some of the most powerful judges in the world maintain an excessively close relationship with the business and political elite.
The ministers and Alexandre de Moraes stand out in the publication. The magazine states, for example, that investigations into the banker raised doubts about the conduct of members of the Supreme Court.
The text states that this is important because right-wing candidates can increase their presence in the Senate in the next elections and that some of them have as their flag the opening of impeachment proceedings against court ministers.
When talking about Dias Toffoli, who led the report on the case in court until recently and stepped aside after pressure, the magazine cites, for example, that Vorcaro had invested in a resort owned by the minister’s family, as well as the allegations made by the Federal Police in a report delivered to the Supreme Court. Adds that the minister .
In relation to , the magazine says that, after information emerged about a law contract involving the magistrate’s wife and Banco Master, he ordered an investigation into suspected leaks of tax data.
As revealed last year, the law firm of minister Alexandre de Moraes’ wife, Viviane Barci de Moraes, signed a contract with Master, providing for the payment of R$3.6 million per month, for three years. Last week, Moraes took different measures related to the investigation into the leak of confidential data from court ministers and their families.
Going beyond the episodes linked to the Banco Master case, the publication states that interaction between companies and the court is common and quotes the minister, the longest serving member of the STF, adding that he — some of them with ongoing cases in court.
He also goes so far as to state that nepotism is widespread, citing surveys indicating cases in which relatives of ministers act as lawyers in higher courts.
The magazine also cites the initiative of the president of the STF, who has defended the creation of a code of ethics for court ministers, and that Toffoli and Moraes reacted, in turn, stating that the measure would be unnecessary.
To this, the publication states that regardless of what the ministers think, their enemies in Congress “are watching”.
