The First Panel of the (Federal Supreme Court) will resume on April 28 the trial that could make the evangelical pastor a defendant on charges of insult, slander and defamation, due to insults uttered against generals in a Bolsonarist demonstration.
The analysis was carried out in the court’s virtual system, where there is no discussion and ministers just cast their votes, but (more time for analysis) on March 10th.
A day later, the magistrate still asked for prominence, which took the case to the physical plenary and reset the score.
The only one to vote was the rapporteur, who was from the (Attorney General’s Office) against Malafaia. According to the minister, the pastor’s statements resemble the modus operandi of the criminal organization investigated in the digital militia investigation.
In the case of conviction for the crime of bodily harm, Moraes also includes the possibility of an increase in the sentence due to the comment being made against a public official, due to his duties, and in the presence of several people and because the speech was published on social media.
The First Panel is also composed of and (president of the board). The group has been missing since it asked to move to the Second Class, following the retirement of .
At this stage, ministers decide whether to open a criminal case to analyze whether Malafaia is guilty or not. If the complaint is accepted, new evidence will be collected, witnesses will be interviewed and the religious leader will be questioned.
Malafaia was denounced by the prosecutor’s office on December 18, 2025. The case originated from a representation presented by , after a speech by the pastor on Avenida Paulista.
On April 6 last year, from the top of the sound car, the religious leader attacked the Army High Command, but did not name names. “Where are these four-star generals from the Army’s High Command? Bunch of weaklings, bunch of cowards, bunch of omissions. You don’t honor the uniform you wear. It’s not to launch a coup, no, it’s to make a point,” he stated.
The former president () to press for amnesty for those involved in the coup attacks on January 8, 2023.
HAS Sheet Silas Malafaia He stated, on March 6, that he was a victim of “persecution” by Moraes and questioned “what morality does this guy have to judge someone?”
“He [Moraes] He wants to silence, as he has always done, his opponents. But I’m not afraid of him, that’s why I’m talking,” said the pastor.
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