The DPU (Public Defender of the Union) requested this Tuesday (16) that the minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) be declared impeded and not participate in the trial of the action in which the former federal deputy (PL-SP) is accused of acting in order to intimidate the Brazilian Judiciary and prevent the trial of the coup plot.
In oral argument at the Supreme Court, federal public defender Antonio Ezequiel Inácio Barbosa, who represents Eduardo Bolsonaro, stated that the complaint from the (Attorney General’s Office) points out that Moraes, rapporteur of the case, would be one of the targets of the actions attributed to the former parliamentarian.
“Here, there is a direct, determined, indicated victim, with name, surname and CPF. There is even a topic [na denúncia] about the sanctions that, according to the Public Ministry, were postulated by the accused aimed at Minister Alexandre de Moraes,” said Barbosa. “If there is a suspicion or impediment, all other guarantees fall to the ground.”
Eduardo by the PGR in September 2025. The organization states that the former deputy worked in the American country to pressure Supreme Court ministers with the aim of preventing the conviction of his father, (PL). The former president received a sentence of 27 years and three months in prison for an attempted coup d’état. He is currently under house arrest.
The trial by the First Panel began with the reading of the report by Moraes. Subsequently, the PGR spoke out in favor of Eduardo’s conviction. According to the Sheetthe tendency is for the collegiate to commit the crime of coercion during the process. In these cases, the Penal Code provides for a prison sentence of one to four years and a fine.
If the conviction is confirmed, Eduardo Bolsonaro, who has lived in the USA since February last year, will become a “dirty record” and will be prevented from contesting the elections. The decision may still be appealed.
Voting, in order, will be Moraes, , and –president of the First Panel.
As shown by Sheetthe result of the conviction could generate a new challenge for the management of the President of the Supreme Court, given the opening of a new point of friction between Brazil and the United States. Fachin has complained that other countries embarrass the court in carrying out its role.
The complaint by the First Panel of the STF last November.
The crime of coercion, to be configured, requires that the action has a serious threat. In his vote to accept making Eduardo a defendant, Moraes stated that this threat materialized in the “articulation and obtaining of sanctions” by the Donald Trump government, citing the imposition of tariffs against Brazilian products, aea.
As he did not present his lawyers to the court, the former deputy is defended by the Public Defender’s Office. Throughout the process, the Public Defender’s Office had already argued that Moraes should be declared impeached due to lack of impartiality and also argued that the PGR “confuses political action with coercive power”. He stated that there is no evidence of a crime on the part of the defendant, whose speech was protected by parliamentary immunity and freedom of expression.
Eduardo Bolsonaro revoked by decision of the majority of members of the Board of Directors of the Chamber, chaired by (-PB), in December. The decision was made due to excessive absences from House sessions in the last year.
