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Brazil’s Supreme Court Holds First Session After Revelations Involving Moraes and Vorcaro

From Estadão · () Portuguese

Translated from Portuguese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court is holding its first plenary session since new revelations emerged about Justice Alexandre de Moraes’s relationship with banker Daniel Vorcaro.
  • Estadão is following developments in real time, including a statement by Chief Justice Edson Fachin that public office does not confer privilege.

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court is meeting for the first time since new revelations about the relationship between Justice Alexandre de Moraes and Daniel Vorcaro, the owner of Banco Master.

The session comes as attention focuses on the newly disclosed facts involving the Supreme Court justice and the banker. Estadão is following the court’s movements in real time.

Chief Justice Edson Fachin said, “Public office does not confer privilege,” after the Federal Police showed a link between Moraes and Vorcaro. The session marks the court’s first gathering since the revelations became public.

Public office does not confer privilege.

— Edson FachinThe chief justice spoke after the Federal Police showed a link between Alexandre de Moraes and Daniel Vorcaro.
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Originally published by Estadão in Portuguese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.