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Brazil’s Chief Justice Moves Request Against Colleague Out of Fake-News Inquiry

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of Brazil's Chief Justice Edson Fachin in judicial robes seated behind the Supreme Court bench with microphones, a laptop, and his left hand extended holding a green pen, rendered in warm ochre and slate-blue pastel strokes.

Brazilian Supreme Court President Edson Fachin moved Justice Alexandre de Moraes’s request concerning Justice André Mendonça out of Inquiry 4,781 and into separate Petition 16,704. Fachin ordered the prosecutor-general to address admissibility, procedure and, if relevant, the allegations within five business days, followed by a successive five-business-day response period for Mendonça. Moraes alleged possible administrative misconduct, abuse of authority and an offense of responsibility connected to the Sem Desconto and Compliance Zero matters; the claims are not findings. Fachin said his procedural steps did not prejudge admissibility, regularity or the merits.

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